nacoran
6714 posts
Apr 19, 2013
10:27 AM
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Discovery from my odd little collection of Magnus harmonicas- some of them have slanted combs. They seem to be 6 mm in front, 10 mm in back. Anyone ever seen another harp with sloped combs, let alone have any idea what not having the reed plates parallel does to the mechanics of bending? I'm just got a sonic cleaner and I'm going to sterilize a couple Magnus harps, but I'm not sure plastic reeds are the best test tools for a comparison (I will compare a sloped comb vs. a non-sloped comb.)
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Sherwin
63 posts
Apr 19, 2013
1:32 PM
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Yonberg combs are slanted in the way you describe aren't they?
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nacoran
6716 posts
Apr 19, 2013
2:46 PM
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Looking at their video, it looks like the Yonberg comb bows out a little in the front, but it looks like the tops and bottom of the comb are flat on.
Here is a picture of the end of the Magnus. (Not all of them are shaped like this. This one and my Super Scout are, but the others have flat combs.)
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cliffy
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Apr 19, 2013
4:21 PM
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I have a Hohner Auto-Valve Harp in G and its comb is shaped just like that.
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nacoran
6718 posts
Apr 19, 2013
5:53 PM
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Huh, I'm not familiar with the Auto-Valve. I got this one put through the sonic cleaner and sterilized. I gave it a honk. Not very responsive, even compared to the other Magnus harps, but it's for an art project, so no worries. The individual reeds sound alright, but nothing is really tuned to each other. With their construction style you can't take them apart easily either. This one, the Lone Ranger one, and the Super Scout all have combs like this. The metal covered ones all have unprofiled covers, but all the plastic covers are lipped like this. The chrome on the metal covers is in rough shape, but the cover art seems to be nicer designs than Hohners. The colored plastic reed plates give them nice pops of color. Maybe we need powder coated reed plates!
Like I said, this is just for an art project. The one has gold colored plastic reed plates and as nice a swirled plastic comb as I've seen, strange wedge design aside. Makes it kind of look like a lowrider. If they came apart easier I might be tempted to replace the gold plastic with a real reedplate.
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