Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

It is indeed a great concept Dom! You might be interested to check out this 2015 video, showing a bunch of cool possibilities for quad-reedplate twin-comb harmonicas. The bendy version is at the end: https://youtu.be/sJGBnZXRHWg?si=AgLbWN8xwTsPAMsa I tend to think of these collectively as Double Chr...

BLU TACK vs SOLDER Gosh, you've certainly gone to town on the Blu Tack Dom! It works... but it's unnecessary to use it on such an extensive retune unless, you want to reverse/change the tuning quickly. If you decide you like the tuning scale and want to keep it, I suggest remove all the Blu Tack and...

Good logic for your tuning scheme, Dominick. It makes perfect sense to me - although I won't be surprised if you tweak it a bit after you start playing the tuning regularly. The Slide-Diatonic concept can be used in many different ways to give extra notes/bends and alternative bend-enharmonics for t...

A couple of years ago Easttop took over selling the Lucky 13. They make the decisions on which tunings to continue with or not, so you need to contact them about it. Contact details are on their website: https://easttop-harmonica.com/ If Easttop do discontinue the Lucky 13 in Diminished Tuning, othe...

Thanks! That could be useful.

I've ordered one myself, so I won't need to keep asking about small details

What's the hole spacing on the Trochilus, Dom? I mean between mouth or slider holes. On most chromatics it's roughly 9.35mm, but on the Easttop 1040 it's 9.65mm. Incidentally, it's quite easy to swap around welded reeds. I did a YouTube video on it about 15 years ago, and there have been others sinc...

Thanks for the excellent photos and info, Dom! I've been an admirer of this thin comb and vertical-slot slider format for some time. It's a very old design, dating back to the 19th century, with some commercial models made in the mid 20th century. Vertical Slot Chrom Top View.jpg Vertical Slot Chrom...

Oh dear Ramon and Triona, you're joining me on this tangential discussion somewhat off topic to Dominick's thread. I hope he doesn't mind! I'll try not to waffle on too much more, but just to answer a couple of your points: RAMON: you're right, for traditional Irish tunes, Solo, Easy Third, Paddy-Ri...

It's unfair to only highlight the mental inflexibility of Richter players - because exactly the same situation pertains with chromatic players. Their operating system lock is even stronger actually: they are not just wedded to one tuning of harmonica, but also just one key! Yes... You'd be amazed at...

Thanks for your interesting reply Dom. It's good to hear that younger players are looking around more widely at the myriad options our wonderfully multi-configurable instrument can offer them, rather than just accepting unquestioningly the two standard formats the manufacturers provide. However, it'...