Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Brendan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:52 pm The only way to avoid 4 valves per chamber is to have two valves set between the mouth and the reeds, as in Rick Epping's clever comb design for the XB-40.

Bingo! I knew there was something I was missing there, and I think this was it!

Hello Dominick! Because you have 4 reeds in the chamber and you are planning on making a Sub-30 style harmonica, are you repurposing a chromatic? I had started a similar project on an EastTop T10-40, but now since getting my hands on a few Trochilus I switched over to building it on that platform, s...

(BTW AFAIK Idea #1 has a mismatch between the listed notes and the text below, so it's hard to assess). Yep. I had some extra flats in there. I was working from a sketch with a whole bunch of options, and was editing the idea as I was writing it out. (Oie) i corrected the original post. I'm going t...

Thanks, Ill double check the text there.

You're right, I can probably test it on a standard chromatic rather than building something. I get way too excited about building things sometimes! Lol

Fascinating stuff! As I explore embedding magnets into my 3d prints for more than just fastening and mounting purposes, I’m sure there are going to be a lot of options that I just hadn’t considered. Great work, Dominick! I’ve got some initial reactions that I think might be useful, but I’m trying to...

Before I go too far down this rabbit hole, I wanted to run a few hypotheticals past the group, just to see if my hypothesis is correct… Someone here might be able to confirm my suspicious so I don’t have to go ahead and design and print a device that would allow me to test it. Both of these hypothet...

These recordings are all really cool. It seems like there's a lot of hidden potential in there. I'm excited to see and hear how this project continues to develop!

This is an interesting idea... I have plenty of thoughts. :D But will they be useful thoughts? :lol: I've done a lot of work on AutoValve harps for other people. That "trapezoidal" shaped comb presents a bunch of challenges, and I've built jigs to hold the darn thing "level" when...

I've used Krazy Glue or othebrsuper glue for a long time. Honestly, on my own harmonicas I still use it, because it sets fast, and I'm usually trying to fix one or two valves and get back to playing quickly. For chromatics that I do for other people, which will likely require future routine valve ch...

Hah! Apparently it didn't take me as long to find this forum than I thought. It just took another 5 years to remember that I'd found it once before! Well, since then I've certainly learned a lot! Hi folks, My name is Robert Laferriere, and I'm from Russell, Manitoba, Canada. 🇨🇦 I've been playing the...