HawkeyeKane
21 posts
Aug 22, 2011
8:00 AM
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I heard a rumor on facebook that Yamaha may start producing harps again after not making any since their early days in business. Anyone else heard anything about this?
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Last Edited by on Aug 22, 2011 8:01 AM
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Todd Parrott
647 posts
Aug 22, 2011
8:54 AM
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Haven't heard that but I would love it if that were true.
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HawkeyeKane
24 posts
Aug 22, 2011
8:58 AM
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I know right? Pretty much everything else they make music and sound wise is great. Why not harps?
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I entertain
By bringing a tone to your brain
Just like a west bound train
You wanna know my name?
Well, it's Hawkeye Kane
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HarpMan Freeman
184 posts
Aug 22, 2011
12:19 PM
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They already do make them.
See link
Yamaha Harmonica
Yamaha Harmonica PDF
The problem is they don't seem to have any 10 diatonic harps
Last Edited by on Aug 22, 2011 12:20 PM
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toddlgreene
3233 posts
Aug 22, 2011
12:42 PM
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My Kanji reading isn't too hot(in fact, it's ice cold, which is the way I prefer unfiltered sake), but I think you're right, they look like tremelo harps, and I did see a chrom in there, too.
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Todd L. Greene
Last Edited by on Aug 22, 2011 12:43 PM
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Oisin
848 posts
Aug 22, 2011
12:50 PM
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I have a really old beat up Yamaha diatonic. It has a red wooden comb and just about plays but they must have made them some time ago. It looks a lttle like an old pre-MS blues harp.
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Oisin
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HawkeyeKane
28 posts
Aug 23, 2011
5:11 AM
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Yeah, like I said, all research I've done on it said that they havent dont diatonics since their early days.
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Stevelegh
274 posts
Aug 23, 2011
5:14 AM
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Hmm......
Is it Yamaha who've bought up Harrison, I wonder?
I love Yamaha. I've got two acoustics or theirs and two Pacificas. I love their consistency and QC.
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selkentblues
1 post
Aug 23, 2011
6:04 AM
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Their guitars are bullet-proof and have very good manufacturing consistency, but I had one of there old harps which I bought form evilbay a while back, in immaculate condition, and to be honest it was rubbish.
Wheezy, no tone, and I couldnt wait to get rid of it as it just depressed me so much trying to get even a decent whimper out of it.
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MrVerylongusername
1881 posts
Aug 23, 2011
6:16 AM
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Harrison has been bought by an American company.
There is a false rumour going round that Harrison has been bought by a Japanese company; I wonder if that is at the heart of these rumours about Yamaha.
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HawkeyeKane
29 posts
Aug 23, 2011
6:19 AM
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@Stevelegh
Now THAT might be a match made in heaven. You know, I heard mixed things about the B-Radical. Jay Gaunt, Brandon Bailey, and Howard Levy all endorsed it. Talking to Ricci though, he had nothing but contempt for it. But maybe if Yamaha got their hands on it...
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I entertain
By bringing a tone to your brain
Just like a west bound train
You wanna know my name?
Well, it's Hawkeye Kane
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MrVerylongusername
1882 posts
Aug 23, 2011
6:22 AM
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Did Howard Levy endorse the B-rad? that's news to me
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HawkeyeKane
30 posts
Aug 23, 2011
6:28 AM
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Maybe it wasn'y Levy. There was another heavy hitter that DID endorse it though in an interview I read. I thought it was Levy. Maybe it wasn't
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I entertain
By bringing a tone to your brain
Just like a west bound train
You wanna know my name?
Well, it's Hawkeye Kane
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MrVerylongusername
1883 posts
Aug 23, 2011
6:30 AM
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It may have been Levy.
I think I should have phrased that better - just meant I didn't know that - no sarcasm intended! :-)
It does surprise me a little though.
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barbequebob
1715 posts
Aug 23, 2011
7:49 AM
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I remember playing a Yamaha diatonic back in the mid 70's and they were absolutely crappy harps, only slightly better than a Hohner from the 80's (part of Hohner's worst quality period). They werre dead in the water in the US by 1978. Yamaha is fine for budget acoustic guitars but their harps weren't very good.
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barbequebob
1716 posts
Aug 23, 2011
7:51 AM
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I remember playing a Yamaha diatonic back in the mid 70's and they were absolutely crappy harps, only slightly better than a Hohner from the 80's (part of Hohner's worst quality period). They werre dead in the water in the US by 1978. Yamaha is fine for budget acoustic guitars but their harps weren't very good.
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Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
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HawkeyeKane
35 posts
Aug 23, 2011
7:55 AM
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@barbequebob
I can believe something from back in the 70's might be substandard. It took til the mid-90's for Yamaha to really start producing reputable quality instruments outside of the guitar department. But I bet now that they have better resources in the area, they'd be able to produce something quality harp-wise.
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I entertain
By bringing a tone to your brain
Just like a west bound train
You wanna know my name?
Well, it's Hawkeye Kane
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Andrew
1423 posts
Aug 23, 2011
8:04 AM
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I disagree Hawkeye, I remember various flautist friends of mine playing Yamahas in the Seventies, and they were excellent instruments, as, I guess, were the saxophones and trumpets. Harmonicas are a totally different market, though.
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HawkeyeKane
36 posts
Aug 23, 2011
8:07 AM
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I didn't mean to say they were'nt making good stuff back then Andrew. I just meant it took til the mid-90's for their work to become really reputable.
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I entertain
By bringing a tone to your brain
Just like a west bound train
You wanna know my name?
Well, it's Hawkeye Kane
Last Edited by on Aug 23, 2011 8:09 AM
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GEEZER1
120 posts
Aug 23, 2011
8:57 AM
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The only Yamaha I have ever seen is a little lady type harp that I have, it is cute and small, thats it..
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GEEZER1
121 posts
Aug 23, 2011
9:00 AM
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harp age unknown.
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