Seydel 1847 Harmonica MODEL PLAYED BY JAMES COTTON! STAINLESS STEEL REEDS -OLDEST HARP MAKER - LEATHER CASE Start Price USD 89.95 Current Price USD 89.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 End Time Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Location Glenside, PA See more about 'Seydel 1847 Harmonica MODEL PLAYED BY JAMES COTTON!' Description The Revolutionary 1847 with Stainless Steel Reeds is finally here! Wow! Play one of these and you will see why it is no wonder pros such as James Cotton play and endorse this harmonica!  Top players, including Charlie Musselwhite and Mark Hummel have signed up with Seydel!  These are hand tuned professional German quality harmonicas!The Seydel 1847 has been rated by well known players as the "best out of the box harmonica available" and competitive with customized harmonicas! COMMON KEYS ARE READY TO SHIP!  (Other keys take just a couple of days more. LOW C is available for the same price!  Sets of five or more are available at a significant discount and include a 14 harp case.  Please inquire.)You can choose either the Classic or the Silver version of the 1847. The 1847 Classic comes with a sealed wood comb.  The 1847 Silver has a white poly comb and is dishwasher safe!At last there is a corrosion-free harmonica with stainless steel reeds! This is an amazing long awaited harmonica!  Steel reeds last much longer and have an amazing sound! The 1847 SILVER impresses by its unprecedented visual appearance but also by new technical features. the reeds, the rivets, the cover plates, and the reedplate screws are all made of Stainless Steel!the reedplates are made of non-corrosive German Silver dishwasher safe solid white polymer comb (Or sealed wood comb if you prefer.  Please specify at purchase.) Well known features of the 1847 CLASSIC were transferred to the 1847 Silver: less air-loss due to fine-cut reedplates - optimised flatness and extremely small tolerances between reed and reedplatebeard- and lip-friendly coverplates with rounded edges without any cuts at the mouthpiecethe overtone-rich sound can spread out unhindered - covers opened wide at the back and crimped and therefore a good stability and rounded edgesEACH OF THESE HARPS IS STILL HAND MADE AND HAND TUNED IN KLINGENTHAL GERMANY.  THE REED PLATES AND REED COVERS ARE ATTACHED WITH BOLTS.  This harmonica comes with a its own beautiful leather pouch.Blues harp legend Charlie Musselwhite has says of Seydel Harmonicas: "I can't tell you how much I really really really like these harps!"  Mark Hummel is a Seydel player and official endorser, and Howard Levy also uses Seydel harmonicas (though not perhaps exclusively).Seydel is the oldest ongoing harmonica factory, having started in 1847, and it was Hohner's biggest competitor until after World War II, when it ended up on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain.  It survived that period and is now coming into it's own again, but, unlike Hohner, this is still a small factory still making harmonicas the old fashioned way, on old machinery, and by hand.  They take great pride in their work.  I know, because I visited the factory and met the craftsmen there.  Their web site is www.seydel1847.com.So, why not try one?  Or maybe one of each?  This is the guaranteed lowest price in the world on this model Seydel harmonica.  Eezyreeder is an authorized Seydel Sales Partner.  Please click here to see all my harmonica listings. Check out my helpful harmonica guides on ebay!  Click here! Place a Bid!