[Lowboy]

Here is the last update on my experience with the Hohner Shop.

I received my two keyboard harmonicas back today from the Hohner Shop. The one with the broken linkage was disassembled, evaluated, repaired, and reassembled for free. It is tighter than when I shipped it out, and the leakage is well within acceptable limits (my subjective “5 to 10 percent” when no keys are pressed and medium to medium-high pressure is applied).

The second keyboard harmonica (HM-926) required tuning and leaked right at the limit of acceptability. Though no special action was taken to tighten the instrument up, I suspect professional reassembly did result in the instrument being tighter than when I shipped it out and I am very happy about that. I was hoping that would happen. The tuning is great, as good as any new melodica I have played. Cost for tuning = $100.

Shipping of both instruments back to me was free. It cost me about $12 dollars to ship both keyboard harmonicas in a box to Virginia.

So all in all, I was impressed with the service and value at Hohner Shop.

They probably only want to work on Hohners, but you never know. Maybe if you called first and were willing to pay their hourly rate, they would tune up anything.

Regards,

Lowboy Bootay