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From: "Barry B. Bean"
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 11:47:19 -0500
Subject: Re: The.....versus the HOHNER Attitude!

On Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:58:47 -0500, rock~ve.telalink.net wrote:

>I can't speak for chromatic players but I'd pay $3000 and up for a set of
>true professional diatonics. I'm very demanding of my harps and expect a
>lot from them. A less than precision instrument gets in the way of the
>player trying to make music. The fact is, forever we've been adjusting our
>technique and making apologies to make up for inconsistent and often
>inferior instruments. This shouldn't be necessary.

I think thats the case with any instrument, including the human
voice.

But if you're willing to pay that much, why not approach Filisko or
Richard Sleigh, tell them your specs and have that set of harps? at
$160 a pop, you could certainly have a set of brass combed Filiskos
for $1920, plus whatever specialized tunings you might want (high G,
low F, etc.). Maybe they'd give you a discount on a complete set,
which would leave you the $$$ to have Douglas Tate or Dick Gardner
make a truly superb chromatic as well.

BBB

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