Hitting all the right notes
September 1st 2006

Every chrome-plated brass comb at Antony Dannecker's harmonica business is machined by M&M Precision Engineering, a 10-strong sub-contract company that relies on machine tools supplied by XYZ Machine Tools.

M&M Precision's Mike Szebeko, comments that the Dannecker Blues comb is a classic example of the type of work that the Peterboroughbased sub-contractor thrives on: "We effected an immediate improvement in component quality because close tolerance CNC machining gives total control of the volume of air passing through each 'pocket' of the comb."

M&M's success is illustrated by the current batch quantities of 300 combs and an assembly time for each Dannecker Blues Harmonica of minutes rather than hours - because each comb is virtually note perfect.

According to Dannecker MD, Anthony Dannecker: "M&M Precision's professional approach and design input has enabled us to produce what has been described by some as: "the best blues harmonica available in the world."

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