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Yonberg harps
Yonberg harps
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Chris13058
4 posts
Sep 28, 2017
7:07 AM
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I'm thinking that the Yonberg harps may really find a niche in the quality harp lineup. They are super easy to take apart and put together, airtight, responsive. They have Seydel stainless reeds so no worries there. I like them. Wonder what other people think.
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dougharps
1581 posts
Sep 28, 2017
7:19 AM
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I think that you have 4 posts and 3 of them sound like sales pitches as you extol the virtues of Yonberg harps. I couldn't find the first post...
I have nothing against Yonberg harps but this is a strange introduction to the forum.
Please tell us more about YOUR musical interests, playing, techniques or ANYTHING about harp or blues harp that doesn't sound like an advertisement for a specific brand of instrument. Threads comparing instruments would be a suitable place to post your positive views on Yonberg harps.
Perhaps you could post video or audio of yourself playing a Yonberg harp, and explain how the instrument enhances your playing?
That is what I think.
Anyway, welcome to the forum!
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Doug S.
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nacoran
9621 posts
Sep 28, 2017
11:07 AM
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Chris, I saw your post on the for sale column where you used 'we' describing a new U.S. distributor. That makes this post seem, well, like a sockpuppety sales pitch where you talk up a product surreptitiously...
So, here are the forum rules on that- If you have a new product or an announcement you may post it once on the main forum. This would count as that once. If it comes up in another thread in a natural way you may comment. You can make a post updating information, like for instance if you also started carrying a different brand or you had a new model out, that's fine to. You can always (within reason) post things on the for sale forum. You can also, if you want, contact Adam about maybe purchasing a banner ad.
We also frown on sockpuppeting, that is, posting casually about the benefits of a product without disclosing that you have a financial interest in it in that post or it at least being obvious that you do. So, you are warned.
So, that said, welcome to the forum. As long as people are upfront about what they are doing we welcome vendors as well as players. Just try to be forthright about things. It's not just forum rules, but it will help your reputation quite a bit too. Guys like Tom and Andrew and Greg and Gnarly and tons of others get business because they build upfront relationships with members here.
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6SN7
740 posts
Sep 28, 2017
1:18 PM
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I met a Yonberg endorsee a few months back and he let me play a Storm in C. It's a quality harp, reminded me of a special 20 in playability, but was'nt very loud compared to my MBD. It was tuned , no bad reeds except for the 1 draw that with a little work, would play fine. The endorsee had no idea how to work on harps and I was surprised he even was an endorsee as he is a jam player who plays biker style; he has no cd's, no band, and is not a remarkable player. But he is a very nice man.
MY takeaway is Yonberg has a decent harp but they need to find some kick ass players to endorse these harps
I'd never buy one, I like my MBD.
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Sep 28, 2017 1:20 PM
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SuperBee
5001 posts
Sep 28, 2017
1:46 PM
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I had a couple of yonbergs come to me for repairs earlier this year.
I was interested.
Just Seydel steel reedplates cut down to fit the shape of the comb.
there are 2 arms on each side of the comb which swing over to hold the reedplates snug against the comb. 3 bolts hold the covers on.
On one of the harps I worked on, an arm had come loose. Needed a torx drive to tighten it.
I don't recall what was wrong with them otherwise. Just some new reeds I think. I remember I had to work out the tuning schemes, they were each different.
They played pretty well. Better than most Seydel harps I see.
I used to think they were rather gimmicky but I think there's a case to consider whether the clamps might actually do a better job of holding the reedplates than would bolts. Certainly they overcome the problem of stripping reedplate threads, to which Seydel seem rather prone.
The shape of the covers doesn't do a lot for me; reminds me of a clasp knife. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a comfort thing or a right way around thing, but I suspect it's just an eye-catching thing.
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Philosofy
851 posts
Sep 28, 2017
2:57 PM
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I've held a couple, and they seem pretty crush proof: very durable, but too big to keep in your pocket.
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