Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

That's cool using Diminished Tuning with all slide notes going up a major third. A simple way to look at it is two diatonic Dimi harps a third apart; in this case: SLIDE OUT = C Diminished: CD EbF F#G# AB CD SLIDE IN = E Diminished: EF# GA BbC C#D# EF# Quite aside from the nice things Edvin highligh...

Cool idea Edvin! I don't think it has been a 'thing', but your insight could make it one 👍 Playing chromatically using draw bends on a sympathetic tuning (PowerChromatic, Diminished?) would reduce the need to make awkward jumps to get the sharps/flats, as you say. Observations, Suggestions: 1. Stric...

Hi Friends, I know new product releases have been quieter of late, but that doesn't mean nothing's happening. Quite the contrary! I'm currently in a purple patch of workshop development where it feels as if many strands are coming together: a virtuous circle of improving skills, discovering new mate...

Welcome Jazmaan, good to have you here! A harmonica friend of many years, always interested in new ideas and with plenty of your own!

Hi All, I've just been dipping into new members' introductions and re-reading earlier ones. What a diverse range of back stories and life/work skills we bring to this forum! Over the years I've found one of the best things about playing and designing harmonicas is that it's brought me into friendly ...

Thanks for sharing your Lucky 13 feedback, Dylan. Comments like these make all the struggle with developing new harps and parts worthwhile

Thanks for your suggestion Ron! It's a bit tricky as Andrew lives in New Zealand and I live in England. But, that being said, all our previous recordings were made on a brief visit he made here when he was living in Canada... I'm going to NZ in January and have been talking to Andrew about getting t...

Thanks Triona!

Confirmed! It took about 4 hours today to make all the subtle changes to fit a Gasket-Valve set for the Mars. The comb is quite different inside to the Amazing 20. A nice design and injection moulding job, well done to Kongsheng.

It was so nice to meet up in person with a couple of the Forum members at Harpmeet: regular posters Triona and Edvin. Edvin had brought along a chromatic in a very interesting original tuning of his, quite a different approach to most. We also talked over the reedplate-stacking idea and made plans f...