A little blurry. The digital camera I have seems to have problems dealing with the glare coming off the harps.
This a nice look at the beautiful recover walnut that this case is made of. The board behind the case is one solid piece. This wood would have laid to rot if my brother in law would not have slavaged it.
Some of the holes are empty because I have a Seydel soft case with my main harps in it. These are the vintage harps. The astute viewer will observe my love for the original Old Standby. I would love it if the brought it back.
Kudos to anyone who can name all these harps from the side views.
Notice the small Magnus collection. The red one seems to have been re-tuned or ruined somehow. The blue one is either slightly sharp or slightly flat off of C, but relatively in tune to itself. It is not very air tight.
I like the boxes. I am going to make a display for them at some point. That Kratt Hit Parade is mint condition. It has bronze reeds.
My daughter Claire prefers a Suzuki Harpmaster.
The Holy Grail
The Holy Grail from the bottom. This thing plays great even though you can see daylight between the comb and reedplates.
From the Mike Rogers Collection
Rear view. Note flat head screws. From the Mike Rogers Collection.
Compared to a Marine Band. They are actually the same size. From the Mike Rogers collection
4 Ebay Old Standbys. I did not pay much more than the $1.75 price tags.
All the boxes have broken hinges. I like the relief of Ol' Mr. Hohner.
Inside of lid. This Hohner Harmonica has been scientifically tested and is in perfect condition.
Key of G - Best front of the four.
Key of G - different angle
Bottom - I think this is also the G. Sorry about my finger print.
The back. This is a thin harmonica.
The back with a little bit of the reeds showing. They look brand new at this angle.
Side view - again, thin.
The front. A bit rough on the lips. I should have took a picture of the harp in the back. It's comb looks brand new.
Up To Date Harmonica w/ Premium Box. I think this thing is old, at least 100 years. Sounds nice but hard to bend because of divided comb.
Key of C - If it was less shiny this would be a better picture.
A little better picture. Notice the signature is less stylized than on later harps.
Tiny 6 pointed stars. I think we should encourage Hohner to put these back since they were taken off for such and ugly reason.
Not the greatest picture but you can read it a little better.
Divided comb. Tastes like pipe tobacco when you play it. Pretty gross.
Close up of the "Old Standby" box. Key of D - $1.75. I paid 9 dollars for a recent one and it is terrible, a weak Special 20 wannabe. These particular old ones are great, with good sound, and not a lot of leakage.
Magnus all plastic diatonic. Sounds bad but not nearly as bad as you expect. I am always afraid a reed will snap off and choke me to death. I love the color.
International Plastic Harmonica Corp, Newark, NJ
Really wide in the back.
A scan of the top of the A Old Standby. Note the top left corner. The moon and star design has a 6 pointed star. This design on the box has a 5 pointed star. The rays emanate from the star verses from the moon on the box.
A scan of the bottom. The direct light of the scan make everything very readable. On all 4 of my Standbys, the E in Trade Mark looks like an F. The scanner makes it look more like an E.
