Post by jbone on Feb 14, 2020 11:58:15 GMT -5
About 30 years ago I bought a big Hohner harp, a 365. Like this-
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It's from the days when they used tiny nails to put them together and the pear wood comb was never sealed. After owning this harp all these years and using it for certa9n songs, I noticed that the comb tines swell out from the front plane of the harp when it gets humid or I use it much at one sitting. This was a big issue with wood comb harps for many years, in fact I suspect a lot of decent harps got tossed once the wood swelled enough that a player would get his or her lips shredded.
Some few years ago customizers began sealing the wood combs and a few years later Hohner caught on and now offers sealed combs in the Marine Band model and others. But not the big 365 as far as I can tell. This big lower register harp is similar to what SBII- Aleck "Rice" Miller did some great work on. So to me it's been a great harp and with a desirable sound. But with the comb beginning to swell it needs some attention. Some guys would trim the tines of the comb down when it swelled but the problem there is when it dries out you have much less division between notes.
Recently I hit my repair guy up and he referred me to a specialist on the 365 model. Who I have been in touch with and plan to send this harp off for a sealed comb and general spruce up. It will be nice to have a sort of old friend back, in tip top shape!
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It's from the days when they used tiny nails to put them together and the pear wood comb was never sealed. After owning this harp all these years and using it for certa9n songs, I noticed that the comb tines swell out from the front plane of the harp when it gets humid or I use it much at one sitting. This was a big issue with wood comb harps for many years, in fact I suspect a lot of decent harps got tossed once the wood swelled enough that a player would get his or her lips shredded.
Some few years ago customizers began sealing the wood combs and a few years later Hohner caught on and now offers sealed combs in the Marine Band model and others. But not the big 365 as far as I can tell. This big lower register harp is similar to what SBII- Aleck "Rice" Miller did some great work on. So to me it's been a great harp and with a desirable sound. But with the comb beginning to swell it needs some attention. Some guys would trim the tines of the comb down when it swelled but the problem there is when it dries out you have much less division between notes.
Recently I hit my repair guy up and he referred me to a specialist on the 365 model. Who I have been in touch with and plan to send this harp off for a sealed comb and general spruce up. It will be nice to have a sort of old friend back, in tip top shape!
