From: James Rossen Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 15:33:38 CDT Subject: SP's Used Hard
>>Now a question: Farrell's has the Huang Star Performers for, I think, >> $6 each (like $8 or $9 retail). From what I've heard, the quality is >> reasonably good. How in the world does Huang make any money at that >> retail price, and still deliver a quality product? > >In my experience, the way they make money at that price is that the >harps blow out in approximately 2 hours of hard use. >
I guess there is hard use and then there is HARD USE.
The SP's I purchased about 8 mo ago had a pleasing and loud tone, the notes were easily bent, and the first failure was the often-played key C after about 4 mo of hard(?) use. They were certainly adequate given my level of committment at the time. Huang was very responsive to my questions (via email) and request for assistance. I ended up talking to none other than Cham-Ber Huang when I requested additional cover screws, and he provided valuable tuning advice. Lee Oskars are more accurately tuned and more durable, but at 3x the price. Heck, one can buy enough SP's for jamming for the cost of 2 CDs.
