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From: Steve & Anne Price
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:01:10 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: still worried about cuts in ZA5

On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Barry B. Bean wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:07:03 -0400 (EDT), Joe Terrasi wrote:
>
> >>I wonder what those big Japanese companies like Suzuki or Yamaha can do
> >>about harp quality. I am sure, each of them has research compartments that
> >>are five times as big as the whole Hohner company.
> >>Who play Suzuki or Yamaha and can tell?

Hohner makes more different kinds of harmonicas than any company I've
been aware of, but I certainly don't know anything about the structure of
Japanese companies.

>
> I've been playing several Suzukis for the past several months, and
> their consistency is Much greater than the Marine Bands I reserve for
> studio use and important gigs. Of course, its also much easier to be
> conistent with a piece of metal than it is with a piece of wood,
> unless you're Vern.

I don't think it's just the wood. My most recent nostalgic purchase of
Marine Bands (I certainly would not play these for important gigs or
studio work) the cover plates are inconsistent and misshapen where they
meet the reedplate and consequently leak like sieves. It's maddening to
have spent the money in good faith and gotten such lousy machining.

Then again, I watched a Hohner rep, Sissi Jones, work for two and a half
hours at SPAH fixing every harp the sixty or seventy people brought to
her session on harmonica repair with endless patience and no break.

Steve Price