DATE: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 16:42:44 CST From: Robert Johnston Subject: re SBS
randy
You can just retune 14 hole marine band to an SBS. Hohnner only touches up the tuning of the reeds by hand. The reeds that are fitted to the plate have been machined to a specific profile so that they are virtually in tune from the start. This means that to make a batch of SBSs they need to stop a production line and set up with different reed blanks. This would cause quite a lot of (difficult to cost) production planning and scheduling costs. I can just imagine the amount of resistance Steve would have met at hohner to the idea of adding a new variant to their range. Therefore we are sort of paying hohner for the *inconvenience* value. Its not a simple issue of costing labour. I concur that Steve is a good bloke - totally dedicated to the harp. (not suggesting any flame was intended)
