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DATE: Mon, 15 Mar 1993 09:02:17 CST
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Subject: Re: chromatics

>
> I saw Steve Jennings' message concerning good chromatic
> harps, and I wonder...does anyone know of any mail order
> outlet in the US that sells Hering or Tombo chromatics?
> I've never seen either anywhere...just the usual Hohners
> and (lately) the Suzuki Leghorns.
> For that matter, has anyone tried a Suzuki Leghorn?
>
This is just to caution anyone who is thinking about buying a
Hering chromatic. There are two different models. The good
one is called a Membo (or something like that). It is nicely
made and sounds good. It has a machined mouthpiece with
round holes. There is a picture of Toots Thielemans playing
this model on one of his albums from the early 60's. Charlie
Musselwhite plays them, too.

The other model has a cast mouthpiece with square holes. It
plays unevenly. The lower pitched reeds rattle. It's not a
good harp for the money. I'm stuck with two of them. I was
only aware of the Membo when I ordered a 12-hole and a
16-hole from Harmonica World-St. Louis. When these arrived
I was VERY disappointed. They've been relegated to my
"Oh, well, at least I learned not to buy one of these again
but maybe it'll come in handy some day" drawer. As I recall,
this model is the Hering Professional.

Remember, harmonicas may not be returned. It's the law.

Caveat emptor!

George

p.s. My "Oh, well..." drawer is also populated by a Koch,
a Chrometta, a bunch of Blues Harps, and other failed
experiments. Oddly enough, I still sometimes play the
Pocket Pal that was my first harp, four years ago.