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From: "Barry B. Bean"
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 16:47:43 -0500
Subject: Re: The CX 12 harmonica versus the HOHNER Attitude!

On Wed, 28 Aug 96 19:09:15 GMT, dijk~orldaccess.nl wrote:

>At the end of my letter I include a copy of the HOHNER letter I received a couple
>of months later. All typing mistakes are Mr. Muller's. I just copied his letter
>exactly. It realy is mournful that one of the worlds biggest harmonica
>manufacturers does have such a minor attitude towards a INCREASING development of
>the chromatic harmonica as an instrument. Most of their answers in the letter are
>realy nonsence and underline their non-proffesionalism.

I'm not sure you should hammer Mr. Muller too hard on the typos
there, Wim.

Personally, the Hohner letter (although worded in pretty obvious
non-native English) struck me as an especially positive letter. Most
manufacturers would either ignore your suggestions or send an
impersonal form letter to the effect of "Thank you for your interest.
Here's a coupon for 10& of your next widget."

However, the letter you received indicates to me that they took the
time to examine your suggestions, consider them, and want to
investigate a prototype.

If I were you, after consulting with a patent attorney, I'd pay Mr.
Muller a visit, and let him see your uber-harp. Maybe they will
incorporate some of your designs and you'll see the Wim Dijkgraaf
model harmonica under production.

Of course, its far more likely, given that they've been making the
things for over a century, that they may have fine reasons for doing
things the way they do. Be prepared to accept that. They may
incorporate only minor design improvements, or nothing at all.

It sounds to me as if your nose is bent out of joint because they
didn't immediately embrace your idea and start the assembly line
running. That was an unrealistic assumption.

If you'll accept one more bit of advice, perhaps you should consider
getting together with Joe Filisko, Dick Gardner, or someone else who
makes or modifies harps professionally on a smaller scale and see if
they'll work with you. I know that here on the list we have at least
a few members currently making substantially custom harps. Perhaps
one of them would be a better start than Hohner.

BBB
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B.B. Bean - Have horn. Will travel.
http://www.cris.com/~Bbbean