Re: [Harp-L] Interesting Golden Melody Story

[mcarello@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I recall sending in a blues harp in the key of C  to the Hohner servcie dept an it came back with reed plates for a harp in the key of G.  Still got that harp it plays great.


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From: cscharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> About 8 years ago, I bought a bunch of new Hohner Harmonicas from a Pawn Shop in 
> Atlanta. It seems that they had bought the inventory of a music store that had 
> gone out of business. There were Golden Melodys, Marine Bands, and even a 
> couple Old Blues Harps. All of them were oddball keys that Nobody wanted to 
> buy. I bought all of them cheap. 
> 
> To Make a long story short, I recently put one of these, a Dd, in my harp box. 
> I was playing Sunday with a band at a birthday party, who had tuned down a half 
> step because it was the end of a long week for them and the singers voice was 
> shot. 
> 
> When they played a song in A, I grabbed the Dd, and it wasn't tuned even close 
> to Dd. Today, I got around to looking at it, and it seems that even though the 
> cover plates said Dd, and the box said Dd, it was actually a Ed. 
> 
> Not that it makes any difference, but I wonder if the harp came that way from 
> Hohner, or weather the dealer had done that by accident for some reason. 
> 
> Has anyone had a similar problem from Hohner. 
> 
> Harvey Berman 
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