harponica
39 posts
May 17, 2012
8:07 AM
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I'd like to see yamaha start producing harmonicas,they make great professional saxophones and their research and development may come up with a great harp.
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HawkeyeKane
938 posts
May 17, 2012
8:38 AM
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I'm with you. Pretty much every other instrument they make is gold. I bet harps would fall in line with their reputation of quality.
Here's a thread I started recently about them and some info others shared about Yamaha...
The shortcomings of Yamaha...
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Hawkeye Kane
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barbequebob
1908 posts
May 17, 2012
9:49 AM
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Since I already tried the harps they made in the 70's, they would have to improve VERY DRASTICALLY because they were god awful and some were almost as bad as Hohners had gotten from 1981-95.
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STME58
173 posts
May 17, 2012
9:51 AM
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I find it interesting that 2 of the worlds major instrument manufaturers also make motorcycles.
Is this happenstance or is there a connection?
I have alway thought it was cool that Yamaha motocycles bear the crossed tuning fork tradmark.
The Suzuki logo on my harp cases is the same as the ones on the motorcycles, but other than name and logo, I wonder if there is much interaction between the two buisness units. Both products need to be "in tune".
Last Edited by on May 17, 2012 9:52 AM
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barbequebob
1909 posts
May 17, 2012
9:53 AM
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Since I already tried the harps they made in the 70's, they would have to improve VERY DRASTICALLY because they were god awful and some were almost as bad as Hohners had gotten from 1981-95.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
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timeistight
576 posts
May 17, 2012
10:16 AM
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"I find it interesting that 2 of the worlds major instrument manufaturers also make motorcycles."
The Suzuki Motor Corporation is a public company that was founded in 1909 by Michio Suzuki. The Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation is a family business that was founded in 1953 (by Manji Suzuki, I believe). They are two completely different companies.
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mandowhacker
139 posts
May 17, 2012
10:32 AM
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"I find it interesting that 2 of the worlds major instrument manufacturers also make motorcycles."
In the movie "On Any Sunday" they had a clip of a dirt bike race in the 60's. The announcer said something about a motorcycle from a piano manufacture in Japan--a "Yah-MAW-ha". Then questioned the wisdom in some way of selling Japanese bikes in the US.
I don't remember a lot of it.....it's a 35+ year old movie. But it must of been before the Honda 750/4 arrived!!!!
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Just when I got a paddle, they added more water to the creek.
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STME58
174 posts
May 17, 2012
9:24 PM
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@timeistight,
Thanks for the clarification. I guess M. Suzuki in Japan is kind of like J. Smith in the US.
I thought the Suzuki Harmonica had the same logo as the Motor Corp but I just got one out of my case and it is different The stylised S on the Harmonica instruction sheet does look kind of like a road with two hairpin turns though.
I found a little info on Yamaha at
http://usa.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/corporate_information/
Yamaha instruments and Motors share a logo but are not very closely related. I am kind of dissapointed. I had this image of diverse industries sharing knowledge to the betterment of all of the products.
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harponica
40 posts
May 17, 2012
11:02 PM
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OK,forget Yamahahaha,how about Selmer,a manufacturer of fine horns.Im envisioning beautiful brass cover plates,brass combs,andheavy reed plates with a new technology attaching and removing reeds.You can order a short set (seven keys),or a full set (twelve keys)molded hard shell case,red or blue fleece lined.SELMER,MAKER OF FINE WIND INSTRUMENTS(INCLUDING HARMONICAS)
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STME58
175 posts
May 17, 2012
11:18 PM
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Selmer, Conn, Jupiter, Blessing, Bach, Getzen etc. all probably know a thing or two about brass. Do you laquer the reeds on not?
I think someone like AMP or Molex, companies that make the multi pin connectors used in electronics by the billions from brass and copper might have something to offer harmonica production. They know how to make a production tool that turns out consistant parts without hand work. Of course they probably spend more on one tool set than the annual tooling budget for all of the harmonica companies worlwide combined.
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joshnat
196 posts
May 18, 2012
5:05 AM
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Take a look at the logo on Yamaha motorcycles. Three intersecting tuning forks. They may no longer be associated, but they once were, for sure.
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