Harpengr
20 posts
Oct 12, 2011
5:12 PM
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How old is a golden melody with nails?
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groyster1
1490 posts
Oct 12, 2011
5:20 PM
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I sold 1 to arzajac about 30 years old but he fixed it and is still happy with it
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Todd Parrott
754 posts
Oct 12, 2011
6:25 PM
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I have some dated as recent as 2000 and 2001. I think it was sometime in the early 2000's that they started using screws, as well as stainless covers. For many years the covers would look like crap after you played them just a short while.
Look at your reed plates to see if there is a 4-digit date code stamped in the corner. First two digits are the month, last two are the year. If there is no date, then they are pre-1997.
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Harpengr
21 posts
Oct 12, 2011
6:53 PM
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Thanks guys. It must be pre '97. Nails in the red plates, screws hold the cover plates.
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Diggsblues
1034 posts
Oct 13, 2011
6:05 AM
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For some reason I'm thinking '89. I remember being at
Augusta with Howard I thought I remember him saying Hohner went to 5 screws and he told them to use at least 6.
I could be wrong.
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
741 posts
Oct 13, 2011
8:37 AM
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I think Diggs is right, it's my understanding the change came in the mid 80s
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groyster1
1495 posts
Oct 13, 2011
9:54 AM
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the only ones I have now have screws and the oldest ones are a little over 20 years old-the ones with the white cases all had nails but I sold them all
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HarveyHarp
309 posts
Oct 13, 2011
10:35 AM
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I think that in Hohner's first attempt at screws, they put 6 screws in, all from the blow plate, and it did not work out, so they went back to nails or pins or whatever you want to call them. Then, they went to the 7 staggered screw pattern that they use now.
I have 30 GMs waiting for me to customize, which have been traded to me, and I took some apart just now and here are the results:
1997 has nails.
1998 has nails
1999 has silver screws which appear to be 0-80 or smaller metric.
2000 has the 1.6mm (I think) yellow screws.
2005 has the 1.6mm yellow screws
2007 has the 1.6 silver colored screws
2008 has the 1.6 silver colored screws
That is all that I took apart.
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Last Edited by on Oct 13, 2011 10:36 AM
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