Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

I don't know why it is, but I've found that valve bends on the smaller reeds (holes 6 and up) always sound nice and strong compared to holes 1 through 4.

I made a version for the Seydel 1847, which I showed off here: https://www.brendan-power.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4324#p4324 In theory it does work well, you can overblow / overdraw every reed, single reed bend every reed, and do your normal dual reed bends as well. In practice, because the reed ch...

Here is my attempt at an Integrated Mouthpiece Slider for the Trochilus Video : https://youtu.be/mYH1oYv01RQ?si=FqdCMRQlj5jeu17S Pros: -it shortens the width by a half inch -easy to install: it uses no new hardware, just replace the mouthiece and slide with the printed mouthpiece -I feel like I coul...

Congrats!

This is very cool, I like this concept even more than the slipslider!

I think an ideal version of this harp would be as close as possible to a traditional size harp. I have the same goal. I want a "Trochilus" that I can toss in my pocket, without the slider getting in the way, and without having to have a hard case in order to protect the slider. I started ...

I still think a customised chromatic harmonica is the best solution, and available right now. However, you said: Yeah, I was thinking about using slider for that. It's not ideal though cause sometimes I want to play harmonica in a holder with my concertina. There's a solution for that: Vern Smith's...

My day job kept me especially busy this week, I didn't have much time to move forward on any of these projects, let alone time to practice. Belated thanks for your video, Dom. It certainly shows that your ingenious assembly works to alter draw reeds pitches in the Seydel 1847. The magnet spring back...

Hey folks, I've started on another project and am looking for advice on a few decisions to make. The Trochilus gets 40 reeds into something "nearly" as small as a diatonic at least something that would be "pocketable" if it weren't for the slide. I've thought about what to do wit...

Hey Rob! This is a very timely discussion, I am also working on my first x-reed project and was going to make a post with some similar questions. 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 ...

One thing that occurred to me yesterday is that you can get very similar, but not quite the same bending enharmonic effects by either tuning the slide-in to the same tuning, but a whole step down, or the same tuning but a fifth up. Since both of those keys are closely related to the home key of the ...