Hi there,
Has somebody tried the Suzuki Hammond? I find it very good looking, all that black is so fantastic. I know that @Luke is no fan of Suzukis, so I expect a biased opinion if he ever tried one 
Ciao!
Pietro
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I have gone back-n-forth on weather to buy one or not. My granddaughter and I are huge Hammond B3 organs and as a gag, I’ve kicked around the idea of buying her, her very own Hammond.
Don.
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Well @p.alfarano although I’m not a big fan of Suzuki’s I DO LOVE THE HAMMOND. It’s my favorite Suzuki. I don’t care for the HarpMaster, FolkMaster, or BluesMaster. And even the Manji leaves me wanting.
But I do love that sexy Hammond! First of all, she’s sooooo easy on the eyes. But also easy on the lips and hands. Super-responsive, easy to bend. I give it 4.4/5 stars, the same rating I give to the Hohner Special 20.
The only thing about it, you know it has the aluminum comb, and the tone of it is slightly, well, metallic. But still it’s my favorite Suzuki. That’s my 2 cents, for what it’s worth.
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I gave one a try on amazon a few months ago in A. It looks great and is easy enough to play. I don’t love the sound and probably won’t buy another. Like I said, it looks great.
I am on a beach vacation, so I can put some serious time on my instruments when I’m not in the water. I just spent 30 minutes with the Hammond. I’m glad I bought it. I just probably wouldn’t own a whole set of them.
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Luke,
By all means give the Suzuki Manji SKY a try. Have had one for about 2 months now and I now find myself constantly putting down my Special 20 and going with the Manji Sky! Extremely responsive and in my humble and inexperienced opinion it wins over the SP 20. More often than not about the only 2 harps I practice with now are either the Sky or the Hohner Crossover.
The pro Master is the same harp just the normal version.
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I’ve actually have been wanting to try the Manji Sky ever since they were first released. I was always curious about how it sounded timbre-wise because I wouldn’t find any videos using that harp on Youtube except from Suzuki themselves. It wasn’t until I found Jonah Fox’s review of the Manji Sky very recently. Just from the way he played it, the Manji Sky’s timbre sounds pretty similar to the Hohner Golden Melody, kind of having that powerful and bright tone of the latter harp but with open cover plates instead of full length. I bet the Manji Sky would be awesome for playing country music on it,
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