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by doktorsteve
Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:08 am
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Hohner Discovery 48 - any way to improve it?
Replies: 2
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Re: Hohner Discovery 48 - any way to improve it?

Thanks for reading my post and for the suggestion. Clearly there is a lot going on here that requires investigation. The Power comb evens out the top octave and somehow makes the reeds easier to excite. And more pressure = more volume. The Discovery comb seems to hit a limit on the volume but has a ...
by doktorsteve
Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Hohner Discovery 48 - any way to improve it?
Replies: 2
Views: 6246

Hohner Discovery 48 - any way to improve it?

Hi, I have a Discovery which is playable and an old 270 in pieces. I find the Discovery is really quite hard to blow at the top end needing a lot of pressure to get decent sound level. The sound overall seems to be strangled and lacking in character. Compared to a diatonic it just feels like to be t...