Help me, all you Seydel guys. I play and sell Hohner and Suzuki harps. I have heard good things about Seydel and decided to buy three of the Blues Sessions and one of the Nobles. (You would too if you could get them for half price as a dealer). I bought the Noble for myself. Initially, I began blowing chords to warm it up and it sounded great. However, when I began playing single notes about 4-7 it took a lot of air to get things moving. It was real stiff and I heard a lot of air. Is this common with Seydel? Will this $130.00 harp need extensive break in time? My Promasters didn't do this. Played sweet right out of the box. I need advice before I sell these to customers. Whats your experience with these things?
Hi, I strongly recommand you 2 models: Session Steel and 1847. Great quality, playability and designs. Stainless steel reeds are very durable and you can change reedplates without problem. It's really hard to make universal reeds setup (size of the gaps). Suzuki makes small gaps, Hohner mostly makes bigger gaps. I don't have problems with 1847s OOTB at all. Session Steel has good factor quality/durability/price. I'm not buisnessman, I'm full time harmonica player, so I can't tell you what and how to sell :o) But If you have other questions about Seydels, feel free.
Seydel dealers pay more than half price (I am one), just wanted to clear that up...
The Nobles I've seen have had really open gaps and the action is different than the others. I don't know why. Some people like them that way. The last one I saw was when the Noble was launched, I took apart one they had at the Seydel table and looked it over and the way you describe it, I presume they are still like that. That was one of the points behind the Optimized harps, getting the gaps more standard... the 1847 Optimizeds I've been building are essentially Nobles, but with a tighter gap setup and embossed.
---------- David
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
