lyon&healy chicago concert grand??

[unknown-user]

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[barbara-low]

I tried one last week. Didn’t spend much time with it, but I thought it was a good sounding harp, given the fact that it was still very new. Pedals were stiff, but those can be adjusted.

[o. t.]

Lyon Healy has a bounty program for Chicago line, right? Ask them about it. If you get a Chicago CG now and trade in within 5 years, you get a refund. If they give you almost 100% refund, then it’ll be really worth getting. I mean right now it’s new and people can’t say much about it yet. But in 5 years, the sound should improve. By then, you will likely have tried out all those other models yourself. So, you’ll know whether to keep it or to trade it in.

[carl-swanson]

I’m only guessing on this, but because of the super low price for a pedal harp, I’m guessing that these harps(the Chicago line) are the first harps to be built completely in Lyon & Healy’s China factory.

[Jerusha Amado]

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This isn’t good news.

[andy-b]

A good friend of mine called and asked them about this, and was told by Lyon & Healy that they do manufacture them in the US at their Chicago factory.

Andy

[carl-swanson]

Maybe the next time someone takes a tour through the L & H factory they can look to see if The parts for this particular line are being made there. It’s the price that is the red flag. It’s just not possible to make a pedal harp at those prices in the United States. At the very least, the action(which is the most expensive part of a pedal harp) is probably being made entirely in China.

[tula-ruggiero]

Would that mean that the Venus harp parts are made in China also? I ask because they have many harps in the same price range but their site says they are all American made. I never thought to not believe that. It would be very interesting to know.

[kathy-chanik]

I tried a CG one of these at Somerset festival last week.

[Jerusha Amado]

I don’t know who can get to the bottom of this, but someone should.

[o. t.]

What about Venus harps? Aren’t they in the same price range? Does anyone know about Venus? I thought they were made in U.S… I mean if Venus can sell harps at that price range with all parts made in U.S., then LH should be able to do the same, right?

[barbara-brundage]

> The saleslady there pointed out that the action plate says “Chicago BY Lyon and Healy”,

Yes, I find it–um,suggestive–that the brochure says it was “designed” in Chicago by Lyon & Healy.

[brook-boddie]

I’m the one that Andy’s referring to who asked L&H directly about this.

[Jerusha Amado]

Hi Brook!

Did you happen to ask them if they are using imported parts for the Chicago line?

[brook-boddie]

Hi Jer!

I did not actually ask that question, so I can’t say for sure that they are building everything from scratch at their factory.

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