Screws in Hohner Rockets
Tue, 09/10/2019 - 06:21
Hi Kinya,
I have five Hohner Rockets and all of them have only five inner screws (the ones holding the reed plates, not the cover plates), although there are 7 holes in the reed plates. Do you know, which holes should the screws be in?
Thank you very much,
Marek
Wed, 09/11/2019 - 13:29
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This is an excellent answer,
This is an excellent answer, Kinya. Thank you very much!
And sorry for writing the numbers wrong -- you are correct, it's 8 and 6, not 7 and 5.
Marek
Hi Marek, a good question. Initially the Rockets had all (8) eight reed plate machine screws torqued into place.
Early this morning, I removed the cover plates from my new Rocket Amp and discovered that Hohner has decided to not include the two rear/corner machine screws
Years ago I spent an afternoon with Gunter Beyer in Trossingen, Germany. Gunter was a Master Craftsman who worked at Hohner in the production area for over 39 years. I asked Gunter the reason Hohner did not install machine screws into the two rear/corners of the Special 20 reed plate. His response was that functionally it served no purpose, and as a result, allowed Hohner to shave off a couple of der Groschen. Note: The Rocket/AMP models had not rolled out at that time, but the reed plates are very close.
Your Harpsmith, Kinya