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Delta Frost on sale. Jun 23, 2020 21:51:38 GMT via mobile dezzy likes this

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Rockin Ron's music in San Diego is selling a discontinued version of the Bushman Delta Frost for $15. Keys are limited. Not much left. They do have some natural minor and harmonic minor. I ordered a standard major in Db since I don't have that key. I'll probably retune it into an Ab Melody Maker. If you ever thought of trying a minor key harp this would be a decent one for not much money. I've tried the minor harps but just don't use them.

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Delta Frost on sale. Jun 28, 2020 0:42:47 GMT via mobile

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It arrived 2 days ago. Glad I didn't pay full price. Plays just ok. Very hard to bend. Perhaps gapping will help. It does play and it is a key I didn't have. It will bend but with more effort than any other harp I've owned (Hohner, Seydel, Lee Oskar, Johnson).

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Delta Frost on sale. Jun 28, 2020 2:36:21 GMT

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The old Delta Frost harps were really good, then John Hall decided to go a lot cheaper route by ordering parts from China and hired some young folks to put them together. They are not very good at all. The new Delta Frosts are now rebranded Kongsheng harps.

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Delta Frost on sale. Jun 29, 2020 2:24:00 GMT via mobile

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I do recall 15 or so years ago reading good reviews on them . I didn't know they had changed. Thanks for the info. You saved me some time. I'm not going to retune it. Melody Makers have some great bends and this thing doesn't bend well. I'll just play simple first position tunes on it. It's ok for that.

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Delta Frost on sale. Jul 27, 2020 1:50:47 GMT Sebastian likes this

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Post by Rex on Jul 27, 2020 1:50:47 GMT

Hey Sarge, thanks for the info about the budget assembly. Tonight I had some spare time and took a closer look at this Delta Frost. The self tapping screws that hold the reed plates on were not seated all the way. It took some force, probably a little more than whoever put it together thought was correct, to tighten them down more. Then when I backed them off they turned easy until they got snug on the reed plates. This made the whole thing more airtight. Also lowered some gaps just a bit. Much easier to play now and I can get all the bends. It's not as nice as a Special 20 or an Oskar, but it is well worth the $15 I have in it.

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Sarge Administrator Posts: 1,708	Delta Frost on sale. Jul 27, 2020 12:28:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sarge on Jul 27, 2020 12:28:38 GMT I'm glad you go that harp fixed Rex. $15 is a pretty good deal for a playable harp. I play the easttop 008k a lot and it's around $20 from Rockin Ron.
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