Hohner 270 48 Super Chromonica Chromatic Harmonica (Key of F) Key of F

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 "Sounds Good, but maybe not often" 2007-09-10
By N. J. Simicich (Labelle, FL United States)
Within a couple weeks after I bought this harmonica, two of the reeds were stuck - not sounding at all. I love this harmonica - I am more or less a beginner, and loved being able to play things - like Greensleeves - which always missed a note because of the single sharp...or "If I were a rich man" which is loaded with accidentals, at least to my ear.



This harp allowed me to play anything - three full octaves, and a simple system - push the side button and everything goes up a semitone. All the notes were there. Reeds were within a couple hertz of their tuning.



Also, I have a mustache and beard, and the shell was fitted to the body so well that it never grabbed a hair. This matters to me. Occasionally I would get a hair grabbed when I hit the button - nothing can be done about that. But I bought some cheap harmonicas and could not play them at all.



But I would clean it like they said, tapping it on a towel, and it still would stick.



Hohner offered to clean it for me - all I had to do was mail it to them. Since it started sticking within a couple weeks of first ownership, I could not imagine mailing it to them every couple weeks.



What I have learned was that I could use distilled water. Distilled water and canned dusting air. Squirt it right in through the hole that led to the stuck reed, let it soak a little and then blow it out. Repeat. Sooner or later it would break loose. It would not play well that day but the next day it played fine after it dried out and got its tone back.



Well, the bottom couple notes still don't work right, but the mid range and the high range...I'd be happy to play The Star Spangled Banner on this harp. It sounds good - good enough that I've been practicing at Starbucks and gotten requests - and not "Far Far Away."



As long as their request isn't for a tune that has a reed that is stuck that day. And I have my bottle of distilled water and a syringe to squirt it into the right hole.



And if I was playing this harp professionally, I'd probably have to buy two or three to be sure I had one that worked.


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