Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Suzuki had a very fertile period of development and innovation for about 5 years during the period I was working for them. All the chromatics were upgraded to the V2 lipped comb type, with several new models added: Fabulous, G-48, Sirius, and the Manji, Olive, SUB30 in diatonics. Just the low Manjis...

Thanks Ivan. I did make lipped versions of the 270 PowerComb for a while (photos are still up on my website: http://www.brendan-power.com/combs-hohner.php#lipped), but they were tricky to print and sand so I discontinued them However you could glue your Hohner slider assembly backplate on to the fro...

Thanks Hannes. If you're looking for 3 Octave single-reed diatonic Solo tuned harps, there are already some options available. Here's a few: 1. Chinese 12 Hole Solo-tuned Diatonics, un-valved. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Swan-Diatonic-Harmonica-12-Hole-Key-of-C-Harmonica-FREE-POST-Best-on-Web-/151...

This thread is related to new harmonica models from Hohner, Suzuki, Seydel, Easttop, Tombo, Hering, and others. If you have any comments about their new harps, or what you'd like to see them make, feel free to post it here. The diatonic scene seems to have been pretty settled, nothing much really ne...

Welcome to my new forum! Thanks for stopping by: I hope you'll register and start posting :) This month we're running an international competition for the Lucky 13 harmonica. Anyone who owns or can beg, borrow or steal one can enter. All the details are here: http://www.brendan-power.com/lucky13.php...

Welcome to my new forum! Thanks for stopping by: I hope you'll register and start posting :) Writing Instructional Books/CDs is very rewarding, but also time consuming. I have four books out now, and each took around a month of total concentration, dropping everything else. It's hard to do that with...

I'm lucky to make a living from the harmonica, in two main aspects: playing/recording and designing/making. Sometimes it's hard to get a balance between the two, as the making side in my workshop has absorbed an increasing amount of of my time in recent years. But most years I manage to pop out 2-3 ...

Welcome to my new forum! Thanks for stopping by: I hope you'll register and start posting :) As most harp players know, I've created many harmonica tunings over the years. The driving force was always to help me make the music I wanted to play in easier and better ways than provided by the small ran...

Welcome to my new forum! Thanks for stopping by: I hope you'll register and start posting :) I'd like to give a heads up about the upcoming Frankfurt Musik Messe, which I'll be attending on Friday/Saturday 7th/8th April. I'll be debuting some new harmonicas and working with a couple of the manufactu...