Buying a new chromatic

[Samuel Gravina <sgravina@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've decided to replace my Chromatic.  I love my CX-12 but it's big drawback
was every time I dropped it it broke.  Eventually I couldn't glue it
together anymore.  For the last year I've been playing a 10 hole Horner 260
which has finally had it's comb split.

I want a nice 64 cause I want the full four octave range.

Here are the choices I've come up with:

Horner 64X
Suzuki XCX-64
Hering 6164
Power modified 64X
Power modified 64X with Suzuki reedplates.

I'm not considering Huang because I find their diatomics too flimsy.

Here are the prices I've found:

              Joes virtual   Harp House    Farrell    Brendon Power
64X              $197.97        209.99      190.72
SCX-64            189.00        157.95
6164                                         91.00
Power 64X                                               325.00
Power 64X-Suzuki                                        425.00

Any help or suggestions?

I can tune a harp and make adjustments.  Are Brendon Power's harps worth the
extra money?

Any other good harp sources?

I'd love to try a different tuning but I only have so much time and it's not
enough to even practice what I currently have.

I'm without a chrom now so I will probably go ahead with this this time.

Sam