[Harp-L] overblow harps...

[Chad Nordstrom]

Hohner has been making improvements to other harps as well without as much fanfare. 

For example check out the new Hohner Blues Harp. Most of this can be attributed to refined manufacturing not improved tuning. Another example is the Kongsheng KB-12. It is an improvement on the Hohner CX-12 design. The Kongsheng Soloist and the Lyra are also excellent imho.

Most players pick their favorite harps and do not look back. There has been a renaissance in harp quality the past 20 years (Thanks to Joe and Steve) and I fully expect the quality to improve across the range. I do not know when they moved to stainless steel cover plates, but that was an improvement that no one seems to mention. 

Back to first principles, the audience does not care if the note was overblown or not; they just want it to be musical.

Full disclosure I prefer the tone of the Hohner reed plates over the other options. 

On Mar 1, 2023, at 06:13, eben ross via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:

I agree with these thoughtful  postsfew are connected to Harp-L and little cross over with facebutti read harptone junkies and harp -L &  the Masco group.i am using MB deluxe ....so good out the box & never  intentionallyplay overdraw/blows.....new harps are so full of overtones. I would love to 
take a workshop on harp mods/tune up...etc. Kinda beatdown from lack of success historyof opening the harp. I have weathered the loss of my teeth and no longer drink, solife is different.... grateful I can still play and entertain. 
I have a few customized harps & I love'um ...still metal fatiguewins after a while.....all in all MB deluxe (& to a lesser degree crossover) is a great improvement to big river/MB/blues/ goldenmellody/proharp/ sp 20.& all the shitty hohners of the 80's and early 90's.... I got an apple box full. 
Ben "WBjr " Ross