Q: Should I buy a wood combed or a plastic combed harmonica?

A: This is a matter of personal preference. Some people like wood, some people like plastic. Try them both and form your own opinion -- BB

Each tends to produce a certain tone or timbre that is identifiable to a trained ear. Some people have called the tone of the wood bodied harmonicas more ~clarinet like~ than the plastic bodied. Other variables are the reed construction and dimensions, that of the reed plate to which the reeds are attached, and also the cover plates -- HA

 

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