I just received my third Easttop harmonica today! I have them in G - D - and now E. I really like them, favorites in order G - E - D. These are just in a real sweet spot for me. I know there are much nicer harps than these probably, but I just really like the sound and ease of play of the Easttop.
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I have two easttops - one in Paddy G and one in Low F. I think it was Jonah Fox who one said that eastop’s are in the category of harps “you enjoy playing”, and I 100% agree - they have a certain “fun” quality to them.
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No beard for me. I’m 80 years old and my older brother had one when he got older and looked really nice and distinguished with it. I’ve started a couple of times to try to grow one and I just can’t get past that early stubble part.
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Here’s the deal, I can’t read music and don’t really get the concept of keys. So the first one I ordered was the G because my mom had a Hohner in that key and I really liked it. Then ordered the D and it had a lot higher pitched low end and I didn’t like it as well, so when I ordered the E it was a total mystery to me what it’s sound would be. Well, it seems to have a lower pitch low end than even my G did. It’s hard for me to really pick a favorite between G and E. The main purpose for me buying harps in different keys is I would like to play with different songs on youtube or the radio so I need harps in different keys. It’s been interesting and fun.
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Even though I’m not as active on this forum as I should be I really do enjoy it. My problem is I have so many interests, between Harmonicas, guns and disc golf, I have a lot of forums to follow and there just isn’t enough time to go around. But it’s a problem that I enjoy! 
So far what you wrote makes perfect sense, I’ve pretty much been doing the same thing in regards of getting harps in more keys to play more songs/melodies.
Keys are like different ice cream flavors of sounds, don’t overthink it too much. Also, the letters denoting the keys (A/B/C/D/E/F ) DON’T actually “sound” like the keys, they may as well be Sound1/Sound2/Sound3/Sound4/Sound5
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@wproct Key of E should be higher than Key of D. Perhaps you got a Low E?
In standard tuning, G is lowest and F# is highest (keys outside of those are labeled with “Low” or “High” before key name.)