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- Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:43 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: HAPPY ACCIDENTS: the Law of Unintended (Good) Consequences
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13843
Re: HAPPY ACCIDENTS: the Law of Unintended (Good) Consequences
Winslow, if you know Harland could you make him aware of this forum and invite him to contribute? Or please send me his email address and I'll do it. It would be fantastic to have someone like that here to let us know about some of the weird and wonderful harmonicas produced in the past. It could be...
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Lucky 13 in PowerBender, PowerDraw & Paddy Richter
- Replies: 36
- Views: 78438
Re: Lucky 13 in PowerBender, PowerDraw & Paddy Richter
Well done on being pro-active, looking forward to hearing it
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:32 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: HAPPY ACCIDENTS: the Law of Unintended (Good) Consequences
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13843
Re: HAPPY ACCIDENTS: the Law of Unintended (Good) Consequences
Thanks for that fascinating historical detail Winslow. You state: "The other main ways of building a harmonica, the Wiener (Viennese) and Knittlinger, put blow and draw reeds side by side so as to have two complete sets of reeds (one set on each reedplate) and always sound two reeds (two blow or two...
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:20 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Power Chromatic
- Replies: 76
- Views: 191260
Re: Power Chromatic - also Left-Handed Chromatics
Nice one :) I see you're left-handed playing a standard right-handed chrom. Was it strange/annoying having to learn that way, with low notes on the right? Last year I created a bunch of left-handed combs for various chromatic models, including the CX-12: http://www.brendan-power.com/combs-lefties.ph...
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:10 pm
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Asia bend, Auto Valve comb and the Lucky 13!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36787
Re: Asia bend, Auto Valve comb and the Lucky 13!!
Glad you're liking it Sachlaw. If they are of any help, there are a bunch of videos on the AsiaBend page of my website:
http://www.brendan-power.com/harmonicas ... p#asiabend
http://www.brendan-power.com/harmonicas ... p#asiabend
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 12:06 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Inputting Harmonica Tunings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11608
Inputting Harmonica Tunings
The board Admin David Ireland has just shown me how to input harmonica tunings with clarity on this forum. It's really easy, even I can do it! Since alt tunings will feature quite a bit here I'm sure, here's how it's done: 1. Select the </> symbol in the button above the text box. 2. The words (code...
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: HAPPY ACCIDENTS: the Law of Unintended (Good) Consequences
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13843
HAPPY ACCIDENTS: the Law of Unintended (Good) Consequences
We all know the story of how Richter tuning, created by a German in the 19th Century to play oom-pah music on the harmonica in 1st position, turned out to be magically wonderful for playing wailing , soulful Blues music when the harp was played in the 'wrong' key. 2nd Position blues harp was born, a...
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:08 am
- Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
- Topic: Why this Forum?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 137011
Re: Why this Forum?
Thanks drumonica. If you don't mind me asking, what's your area of interest?
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:47 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Anyone Playing the Turboslide?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15614
Anyone Playing the Turboslide?
Jim Antaki is someone I admire: a true harmonica innovator who has a day job as a world-renowned biomedical engineer. He's created many original harmonica products, and has been working for more than 20 years on his ELX electric harmonica: a Special 20 with optical sensors under the covers that sens...
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:23 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: New Models from the Big Manufacturers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 41469
Re: New Models from the Big Manufacturers
We got a glimpse of Seydel's new 16 hole chromatic at the NAMM Show - hopefully it will officially see the light of day at Frankfurt.