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From: Debbie Hamper
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 09:50:34 -0500
Subject: Re: Comb sounds & the Hering

At 11:27 AM 12/8/96 GMT, Douglas Tate wrote:

> This may be why I hate the sound (when
>~I~ am playing it) of the CX12, The CBH 12 and 16, the 280 (new and its
>derivatives) and love the sound of the Hering, 270, Mellow tone, old wooden
>bodied 280 etc... Now by pure coincedence all the ones I hate are airtight
>and have plastic bodies. All the ones I love are air tight to leaky
>depending on what day of the week it is, and have wooden bodies.
>Call me partisan if you like, but I seem to like metal and wood rather than
>plastic.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news; but, I just got a Hering (the 270 clone)
within the past week. They are now made with plastic bodies. Some people
have mentioned this recently and I assure you it is true. I am not at all
pleased with it! Yet I cannot comment on whether it was because of the
plastic body or a score of other problems.

It has more leaks than I know what to do about. Notes bend like crazy (an
impossibility that it could be so drastic so say the Harp-L Archives).
Sloppy is the word that comes to mind. Made me contemplate the possibility
of cheaply constructed reeds. The flaps are noisy as all get out. The slide
is too easy and noisy---like a weak spring had been installed. And the
tone..Arrrgghhhh! It sounds too bright and tinty. (Kind of reminded me of
the differences in Electric guitars in the late 60s or was it mid-70s----the
Fender Strat was bright and tinty, Gibson Les Paul was mellow and thick---oh
lordy, I slipped off the topic of harp...so sorry.)

Either way, it made me truly appreciate the wonderful tone of my Mellow
Tone (AND even appreciate the tone of my Super Chromonica 270 albeit
currently unplayable for any duration of time without gagging on the now
inherent aroma of being in cold storage too long).

Well, at least the Hering gives me a harmonica to experiment on in trying to
fix and callibrate. Although I really don't know where to begin with so many
problems! Anyone looking for a good chromatic--I ~don't~ recommend the
Hering! (However, I did like the raised mouthpiece and the rounded holes.)

- --Debbie H.