DanP
147 posts
Oct 02, 2010
4:25 PM
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I've tried every major brand of harmonicas except Hering so I decided to add one of those to my collection and ordered one yesterday. Has anybody had any experiences with Hering harps-good or bad? I'd like your input. Thanks.
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nacoran
2875 posts
Oct 02, 2010
4:36 PM
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I haven't tried one, but some people are devoted to the 1923's and I've heard good things about their chromatics. I've heard one of the other models, I don't remember which one, has some paint problems. If you are looking around for more obscure brands I have a list of a whole bunch of harmonica manufacturers. :)
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Silvertone
46 posts
Oct 02, 2010
5:13 PM
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Ive had a few .Currently a 1923 in A that sounds great, A Musselwhite 12 hole chrom in Bb and a Baritono 12 holer chrom. I did a lot of work to the baritono slide, worked all the reeds and put mylar windsavers on it. Its still playing great after 15? years I really like the chroms you just gotta be easy on them it is easy to bend notes. I have blown out a Blues diatonic pretty quickly never bought another.
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jbone
412 posts
Oct 03, 2010
6:23 AM
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i've had several '23's. not sure if it's the tuning or the reeds themselves but the 4 draw has been consistently weak. beautiful harp though and i am revisiting them since a friend gave me a few he was not happy with. i've retuned the 4 draw on a couple.
BEWARE when you get these harps in the mail- pop the cover plates off and check the reed plate screws for tightness. nearly every one i ever bought had to have them snugged up!
they have made some real nice chromatics, i've had a 7148 musselwhite special, 5148 12 hole, and a baritono in both G and C. currently i have in my case a bari in C and a middle register 12 hole 5148. the chroms are easy to wack out a reed on but if played with finesse and focus can last a good long time.
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