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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:14 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Introduce yourself
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Re: Introduce yourself
Hello Burke, welcome here. I have some neck problems due to cancer when I was an infant and spent a long time looking for the best neck holder. The best one I have found (and I have no affiliation) is from Farmer's Foot Drums here: https://www.footdrums.com/product/gecko-harp-holder/. The Farmer / S...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
- Replies: 45
- Views: 566
Re: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
Here you have the layout of a chrom with straight slide and one with zig-zag slide in comparison: Chrom, C solo, straight slide All notes of C on the top reedplate, all notes of C# on the bottom. Any blow reed is located besides its respective draw reed. https://up.picr.de/47100196hf.jpg obere Stimm...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:46 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: 3d Printed comb ideas to improve responsiveness
- Replies: 11
- Views: 175
Re: 3d Printed comb ideas to improve responsiveness
How many reeds did you place in each semi-hole? Is it a 10/20- or a 20/40-harmonica? What is your note layout like? I really wish I could read German now! This could be no mistake. ;) Germany and Austria are the countries where the harmonica had been invented before it conquered the world. And it is...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
- Replies: 45
- Views: 566
Re: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
Regarding TEMU, you don’t have to buy it there, as far as i know it is also sold by bushman (under Game Changer name) in US and i have seen some serious people reviewing it (Winslow for example), it seems to be a decent product at least. I did not mean the harmonica, which I am not in doubt of. I j...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:20 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
- Replies: 45
- Views: 566
Re: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
Marketed by TEMU?
There are some serious warnings against TEMU, concerning excessive data grabbing and commercial abuse and even fraud.
dear greetings
triona
There are some serious warnings against TEMU, concerning excessive data grabbing and commercial abuse and even fraud.
dear greetings
triona
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
- Replies: 45
- Views: 566
Re: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
Yes, the wider jump would be something to overcome, but since I can now print my own combs maybe I can compensate with some clever hole spacing. It is true that you easily can produce any comb with 3-D-Print. But keep in mind, that you need fitting reedplates to any comb. And they are not as easy t...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: 3d Printed comb ideas to improve responsiveness
- Replies: 11
- Views: 175
Re: 3d Printed comb ideas to improve responsiveness
I did not know this. This is great to know! It also means that overall comb thickness is another variable I can play with, which makes me happy :-) I did not expect that you did not know this. But thinking about this just now I hit upon a top crazy idea going out from this: Why not thinking about a...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
- Replies: 45
- Views: 566
Re: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
... I would need 11 more switchharps :-) I fear you will not escape this as long as you stick to diatonics - of which variant ever. :lol: ... Seydel ... "All Minor" ... One good news is that this concept proves magnetically dropping draw reed pitch is possible :) I also see why they attached the ma...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
- Replies: 45
- Views: 566
Re: Ideas for changing a diatonic harp tuning on the fly
However it has some issues: it currently can only affect the blow reeds, and for the smaller reeds if you try to adjust the magnet to get lower than a semitone it gets very unstable. Experimenting with dropping 7 or 8 blow by more than a semitone caused a very unstable note. its odd: the note slowl...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: 3d Printed comb ideas to improve responsiveness
- Replies: 11
- Views: 175
Re: 3d Printed comb ideas to improve responsiveness
Nicely done! Here my thoughts about some details: A couple of diatonic combs differ from the norm with claimed sound benefits: the Sjoberg comb (now made by Joel Andersson), and the French Arkia model, with chambers that supposedly enhance overbends: https://en.arkia-harmonica.com/ They might inspir...