To not lose bumper tubes

[Ed McCullough]

To not lose bumper tubes, put them onto a safety pin when you disassemble the harmonica.

[Age]

Mine fit tight enough that I just keep them on the MP screws.

[Ed McCullough]

My bumper tubes are safe, but I lost a tiny square nut. I will scavenge another nut from a harmonic I don't plan to lose. Maybe I'll find it tiny nut that I lost before Thanksgiving.

[Age]

IMO, the nuts and screws on all Chromatics should be twice the size. I don't know what they're afraid of. I mean, C'mon! Put a decent size screw in there. And that "nut??" is an insult. I've always kicked around the idea of putting a decent size nut and screw in there. Only difference would be that I would make a stainless steel "nut" to slide into the comb body insteadda brass, but both would be about twice the size of the stuff all Chrombos come with.

[Lockjaw Larry]

Age I use stainless machine screws and nuts on many of mine.  I drill out the nails in plates & combs to accommodate screws in wood combs.  No regrets.

[Ed McCullough]

The skinny mouthpiece screws of the Hohner Super 64 frequently get a slight bend. I don't remember dropping the harmonicas, though it must have done that, but certainly not onto a wooden table or a concrete floor.

[Danny G]

Hey Ed, you didn't necessarily have to drop it to bend the mouthpiece screws. Just having the screws slightly loose and using the button can do it.

[Ed McCullough]

Danny,
You wrote that Hohner mouthpiece screws can be bent by not having the screws completely tightened and using the slide. That is sad news, because on the screws of some Hohner cannot be completely tightened without stopping the slide from moving.
-. I prefer Hohner chromatic harmonicas over two other brands that I have played, but there has been occasional lack of attention during assembly and inspections before the harmonicas leaves the factory. My newly acquired pre-2018 Super 64X had gapping problems in the lowest octave. One of the poorly gapped reeds was a C, for which the reed was so low, the reed tip was BARELY above the reed plate. Half the time that C would not play at all. When it did play, it gave a soft sound and you could not get a strong assembly attack on the note. Poor assembly, Poor adjustment, No inspection.
- I have a much newer 16 hole Hohner chromatic harmonica with no obvious faults