[Richard Begel]

Thanks Alan, I’m sure you are right. I didn’t want to get that technical in the video, but I had trouble fixing the reed gapping by pressing down, and got tired of messing with it. It just wasn’t improving. It still makes sound and I gave it to my son. It would be nice to have it better for him, but it still does make sound without overly too much effort. It’s just no longer sensitive enough on a few notes to have on a gig, and there’s that bad note anyway.

[Richard Begel]

My Yamaha P37D arrived and I’m quite pleased. Here are the results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWr9ALLzL2Y&feature=youtu.be

[Richard Begel]

Actually, there is a Hohner Ocean on ebay now for just $50 after shipping, says “near mint” in the description. But after my first attempt tuning and messing around on the inside of mine, I made the tuning better but the response worse. I could have just gotten that Ocean and used it, but was thinking the Yammy may be an upgrade. Not sure yet, it may arrive tomorrow. We’ll see!

[Richard Begel]

Thanks again Daren! I called Hohner at the number you gave. They currently only support and warranty the Performa 37 and the Airboard. They now warranty those and just swap them out to replace under warranty. This makes sense because opening them up is so time consuming.
However, for any older models like my Ocean, they do not carry parts or replacement models anymore. I told them that if they can’t support something under 5 years old, that I wouldn’t buy another Hohner product. I’ll give my Hohner with one broken key to my kids and I ordered the Yamaha P37D last night.

[Richard Begel]

Thanks Daren, I’m in the US. I saw some of another discussion you were in with a link but those plates cost $45 each so I could almost get a new unit for that. Do you know a cheaper way?

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