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From: Colin Barnes
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 15:43:17 +0100
Subject: Re: Love my new low-F harp

In message , DAVID_BARN~P-MountainView-
om1.om.hp.com writes
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> Well, I got my first lower-than-standard-G harp yesterday, a low-F Lee
> Oskar, and I have to say I LOVE the sound! Nice and throaty. I must
> be going through a phase. I used to like the higher harps, but lately
> the standard F has been sounding a little too high for my ears. And
> the 1-draw bend and 2-draw deep bend on the low-F are a stretch but
> more manageable than I had anticipated.

I have one too but the coincidence is that I have not yet used it
because of my "superstition" that only the old batterred Huang Star
Performer in F will do!! I bought this 3 years ago harp in a music shop
oddments sale for 1 UK pound and it never fails to sound great on
"Everybody Needs Somebody". That swoop unto the Am bit makes the hair on
the back of my neck tingle. Actually, I think it is the high tinny
sound of the Huang which works so well (someone told me it is tuned
"slightly off" of the standard Lee Oskar tuning) so I do not think the
low F would be a proper substitute!
>
> 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? Are they doing
> computer-controlled manufacturing, or manufacturing them in a
> developing country where they pay workers peanuts? I'm probably going
> to buy one to see how I like it (I really like the Golden Melody/Star
> Performer style of cover plates). And at $70 for a set of 12, what a
> bargain.
>
> -- Dave Barnes
>
I have not yet come across the set of 12 here in the U.K. but I bought a
G Star Performer the other day and the shop owner couldn't find a price
for it so I got it for 5 UKP (Lee Oskars over here ar~19 UKP).
Pretty good price for what is one of the best harps about with,
probably, the most "character". The Huang must be the best kept secret
in the Harp world!
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