Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

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Nicely done! Btw, talking about Taipei: The last year I happened to listen to a concert of Sirius, a very fine harmonica ensemble from Taiwan, who played at a festival in Berlin. They were really great. Maybe you know them as well? https://up.picr.de/29021215ym.jpg https://up.picr.de/36041503ob.gif ...

But a perfect recording is not not really the point for me - we're not trying to win a Grammy, just just sharing rough recordings of different tunings, alternate harmonics and stuff. It is the same with me. Before I spend a lot of time to struggle with audio recording and computer technique :evil: ...

Nice! Here's a very rough recording. My parrot is chirping along in the background, and my wife and kids walk in at the end, but hey, it's bluegrass. ;) I did have to compress the MP3 to fit within the forum's allowed attachment size. I didn't hear the parrot. :lol: And I didn't realize any loss by ...

thanks to the straight layout of each key on one reedplate each I love that. Me too. The construction of the Hohner CX-12 for example would be ideal for experimentation with different combination of keys etc. But the :twisted: zig-zag-layout is counteracting this. And the reedplates and bodies of t...

A slide harp tuned in Do major with slide-out and Re major with slide-in will additionally play in So major with no bending required.[/b] And to make this real, I would recommend the Seydel Samplar as a base: https://www.seydel1847.de/epages/Seydel1847.sf/secc53277945c/?ViewObjectID=3078953&Cur...

Brendan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 3:12 pm I prefer Option A, because all the draw reeds bend throughout the range, apart from hole 4.

And what about hole 2?

Nice for a beginning. And if you put in some of the slider decorations or other ones, you can easily extend it to two turns more, and you will have a nice little tune.

This one is good for 14 of them. If you want, you can place 4 Hohner Marinebands or Lee Oskars or Suzukis on the outer sides in addition. And it is not too expensive either: https://www.seydel1847.de/Seydel-Softcase-fuer-14-Harps https://www.seydel1847.de/epages/Seydel1847.sf/seccd5953e26b/?ViewObje...

It is quite more expensive than the former one from Easttop. But the CX-12 as a base is a very reliable Instrument. It is very easy to maintain (opened and closed within 2 minutes without any tool). It has a fairly smoothly operating slide. And what is its greatest benefit compared to Easttop: Singl...