At 06:16 AM 27/04/02 -0400, Jon wrote: >At 11:02 PM 4/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:I also >>wonder, if the cost of service makes it practical, instead of purchasing >>new?? For interest's sake a really good new professional quality diatonic harmonica (harp) by Lee Oskar with replaceable parts can be bought for under $50 from almost any music store. Field service kits are available for them and many pros use them. Most cheaper harps really aren't worth servicing other than cleaning. When you get into larger harps and especially chromatics that's another story since they can sell for hundreds of dollars. >In the absence of field repair support, would it be possible to send one >to the man'f'r for service? That depends on the harp. I suspect this fellow is dealing with old ones rather than newer harmonicas. See below for a link though. >Might it be possible that they also repair other brands if a certain >company is out of business? My guess would be no, a factory wouldn't be interested unless it was something really unusual and unique and even then it might be a challenge. That being said, typing "harmonica repair" into my browser revealed this link: http://www.coast2coastmusic.com/directories/tech_custom/Harmonica_Technician s_and_Customizers.shtml There will be someone listed on that page who can help this gentleman. John
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