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The first diatonic harmonica with Overblow warranty??

The Overblow warranty?

Hering Special
click on pic 01	The first serial Overblow ? The Hering Golden Blow
click on pic 02	No special 'avant-garde' design is visible with the new 'Blow' series, by Hering, players who are even a tiny bit familiar with the different harmonica types will assume that it looks like the good ol'>>> Hering Blues but with a new cover.. So, is it simply a cover remake?
click on pic 03	When one removes the covers and places the harmonica bodies side by side, one sees clearly that they are equal, the construction is identical.
click on pic 04	All, that is, except for the covers !
click on pic 05	On closer inspection, one notices a small detail: Tuning marks on the inside lay of the reed, meaning, the place where a regular worker in the factory cannot place his tuning file.
click on pic 06	Turning the body upside-down, we see a small type of Turpotape guiding the reed towards its foot. Look even more carefully and you'll see the embossed marks of a specialist's handiwork performed straight along the slot.
click on pic 07	Plus another classic type of custom work becomes visible: 'Tip Scooping'.
click on pic 08	Glued inside the covers is a magnetic plastic foil, an interesting extension of customizing techniques that we have never seen before.
click on pic 09	It now becomes obvious that the Hering Golden Blow is a familiar old harmonica construction, but with a new cover, plus it's been worked on, using conventional customizing methods, enabling Overblows and Overdraws.
click on pic 10	During our examination we learned two significant things: This is nothing new at all, it's simply an enlargement plus a service-offer, which means it's been reworked. However, up until now this work had to be done by the player or a customizer.
click on pic 11	For this kind of compromise, a harmonica model was chosen whose basic features have a significant disadvantage when used in an Overblow context: The reeds being quite some distance from the hole openings. Howard Levy gave a great explanation,>>>the best situation for harmonica reeds when remarking on the >>> XB-40 at Harponline, some years ago.
click on pic 12	In the illustration ((on the left) it's easy to see that the reeds of the >>>Hering Vintage 1023(top) are situated close to the hole openings. The reason? The bridge of the plastic body is not present in the Marine Band harmonica types as with the Hering Vintage 1020.
click on pic 13	Many more optimal conditions could have therefore been provided using a 1020 Vintage harmonica by Hering. The thick plates present there are great for loudness, but not so good for the pitch control of an Overblow. The plates of the>>> Free Blues would have been fitting the Vintage too.
We're not exactly sure why they've packed the >>> Hering Blues in a new shirt here. Anyway, the product is good and customers can be assured that his/her new hardware will Overblow and Overdraw. In cases where an Overdraw doesn't come, it'll definitely not be the fault of the instrument, that much is absolutely obvious!