[Harp-L] Hohner 64 vs Super 64

[Dr. George Miklas]

Joey,

There is a lot to remember about that SPAH convention. Like the duties you
were asked to perform during the Saturday night show, when the Danny
Walton, a.k.a. “The Yama-Yama Man” was on stage.

George

On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 7:30 PM joe and cass leone <3n037 at xxxxx> wrote:

> You're right about the silver plated mouthpiece BIG George. I had
> forgotten about that. And at my age, this happens from time to time.
>
> But as to the reedplates, it may have been a 'foible' that was only
> prevalent with my old friend Rich Farrell, but at a Buckeye fest in the
> early 90s, he had available super 64s with drift pinned plates and super
> 64s with machine screwed plates.
>
> The screwed plate model was $110.oo and drift pinned model was $100.oo.
> I still have a screwed plate model from that time. (Approx. 1992?). The
> deal is that while I had always purchased my own musical instruments
> (clarinet, sax, trumpet), right before the convention my dear mom had given
> me money for the trip to Columbus. Inasmuch as I was broke at the time.
>
> I put it towards that super 64. And I don't know if you remember but you,
> I, Herb Eck, and Al Data went on a trip to several pawn shops during the
> Memphis spah. That was the one where we spent 2 nights at the diner eating
> glazed donuts and listening to Don Les tell stories about his life with the
> Harmonicats. What fun. :)
> It was on that trip that I bought that trumpet. The one that was silver,
> brass, and copper. All on the same trumpet.
>
> You were looking for bass amplifyers. I had a car with me that trip.
>
> Joey old guy.
>
>
> On 09/06/2021 2:34 PM Dr. George Miklas <harmonicat at xxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Gary,
>
> As my friend Joe Leone pointed out, the first obvious difference is the
> covers. There is another significant difference and that is the mouthpiece.
> The 64Chromonica was previously produced with a nickel-plated mouthpiece,
> whereas the Super64 featured a Silver plated mouthpiece.
>
> Other differences include Pinned versus screwed construction.  Again Joe
> pointed out that they were available with drift pins. That was, however,
> the way that the early 64Chromonicas were assembled with the brown plastic
> comb and the early black plastic comb. Late plastic combs were only
> assembled with screws. This is another point of departure between the two
> instruments as the Super64 has always been assembled with screws.
>
> Finally the current specifications on instruments in 2021:
> The 64Chromonica continues to feature a nickel-plated brass mouthpiece.
> https://www.hohner.de/en/instruments/harmonicas/chromatic/chromonica/64-chromonica
> The Super64 now features a polished stainless steel mouthpiece.
> https://www.hohner.de/en/instruments/harmonicas/chromatic/performance/new-super-64
>
> If you are in the market for any of these, I sell all Hohner brand new
> production harmonicas, plus I have many reconditioned vintage harmonicas in
> stock.
>
>
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> On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 3:30 PM Gary Calahan < glcalahan at xxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello....I have not posted here in a while but, was wondering what the
> difference is between the Hohner 64 and the Super 64 are.  I sold likely
> 15
> chroms after a divorce 10 yrs ago and had sold a Super 64 and wished I
> kept
> it.  Well, I just bought a Hohner 64 and realize that It was the Super I
> had sold.
>
> Thnx
>
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