Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Brendan: I get excited every time I find a notification about a new post on your forum so I hope the cows wont come home soon!
Edvin: Reverse halfvalving might do the trick once I manage to overblow.
Both: What do you think of incorporating x-reeds to enhance bending?

Gentlemen

Your devotion and inventiveness leaves me speachless!
Thank you for your inspirations and kind regards

Philippe

Hi Brendan Thank you for your much appreciated considerations. I used two custom tuned bluesharps from Seydel and cut them to fit the 16 hole layout. So the prototype uses two upper plates with 8 blowreeds each and two lower plates with 8 drawreeds each. By stating that there is only one breathing p...

Hi triona

Thank you for your kind thoughts on novelties.
As for the layout of notes: your sketch is spot on - respect!
The Joker starts on G#3 thus having the same range as my Bb-Saxophone.
Kindest regards

Philippe

Hi Edvin Thank you for your kind reception and the informations on the topic. As I gather the tuning is identical to Crazy Bob's 27 hole harmonica. The JOKER differs in a smaller range due to only 16 holes resulting in a very compact design. Apparently Hugh Stephenson held a patented for this partic...

Hi everyone I am a newcomer to the harmonica world but was always fascinated by the sound of this instrument. Inspired by Gregoire Maret playing on Deedee Bridgewater's interpretation of "La Belle Vie" I had a go on a chromatic harmonica - and failed splendidly! This led me to build my own...