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Title: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: Rog on May 13, 2019, 08:28:14 PM
Here is a picture of the interior and keyboard of a Hohner Club V. Note the reeds are tacked on to leather gasket...no wax in sight. And the switch on the back of the keyboard.
I'm thinking of converting to DG  (:)  ..for barndance work...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rDy9gTRUFf2zFbj28
Title: Re: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: John MacKenzie (Cugiok) on May 13, 2019, 08:34:03 PM
What a lovely beast.

SJ
Title: Re: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: Rog on May 13, 2019, 08:47:07 PM
What a lovely beast.

SJ
Even as it is, untouched since at least the 1940s (I have a photo somewhere of a young woman playing this very instrument in 1941 in Switzerland), it sounds pretty amazing.
Title: Re: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: Theo on May 13, 2019, 08:54:56 PM
BbEb is a great sound.  It won't be the same in DG!
Title: Re: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: Rog on May 13, 2019, 09:00:24 PM
Yes, i agree. I was thinking about how to do it etc but when I played it this afternoon..it’d be a shame to change it. I need a box that can easily play in C and A as well as DG...so I though this might be a good candidate. It’s been sitting on my shelf for over two years  (:). The low notes on the chin end are v low, and the bass is stonking.
Title: Re: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: Theo on May 13, 2019, 09:05:01 PM
Are the low bass reeds laid flat?
Title: Re: Hohner Club V BbEb
Post by: Rog on May 13, 2019, 09:59:06 PM
I don’t think so (I’ll check tomorrow but from memory earlier today I didn’t notice this).
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