American Jew's HarpsDespite how technologically developed it is and its high standard of living, the United States is known in Jew's harp circles as having the reputation of “the homeland of the world's worst Jew's harps”. There are several professional craftsmen manufacturing instruments on the level of actual Altai souvenirs. But the pride and joy of America is Trophy Music Company, which has filled the whole world with colorful blister packs and “JAW HARP” and “SNOOPY HARP” company boxes, along with other obscenities. Chinese production (in the worst traditions of this concept) delights a huge number of people interested in Jew's harps every year by producing open mockeries of the instrument. You even encounter copies that don't even emit any sound.
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Warning! Overwhelming majority of jaw harps presented are single pieces or made by hand, in very small quantities, instruments. There is no jaw harp factories exists; every one is unique in details, in different degree.
