Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:38:11 +0200 From: jvarga~etevision.es Subject: A question about wood Hohner combs
Hello, Harp-L'ers.
Well, to give a bit of historic background, I started playing harp ten years ago with a Hohner Blues Harp, when they were HM. I had one in C and one in A, and when the one in A died, I replaced it with a new MS.
Later the one in C died also and I got a Pro Harp (also MS). The only difference between the Blues Harp and the Pro Harp is the comb (wood vs. plastic) - the covers are the same shape. I have also a Blues Harp MS in F and a Pro Harp in Bb.
Recently I bought a Marine Band HM in D, and I found a thing that I had already experienced with my old handmade Blues Harps: when I play the wood swells some and it's a bit hard on the lips.
It has never happened to me with the MD Blues Harps.
So - why does the wood swell in the HM Hohners swell but it does not in the MS ones? Is the type of wood? The design / assembly?
Jaime
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