Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

triona wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:46 pm How many reeds did you place in each semi-hole?

It is a simple diatonic Seydel 1847, just with a divider through the middle of the comb so you can change your embouchure to isolate just one reed if you wish.

Why would you do this? More bending possibilities. When you isolate one reed it enables single reed bends and overbends, which I believe you refer to as "non interactive bends". And you can still get your normal diatonic dual reed bends (interactive bends?) without any changes to your normal embouchure. At least that is the goal I am going for after another iteration or two on this comb idea.

triona wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:46 pm Tell me, what you are especially interested in:
- Octave harmonicas system Knittlinger and Viennese which look very much like your comb.
- various slide techniques as 1 slide, 2 slides and none slides in comparison.
But I do not want to translate loads of text in which you maybe might not be interested in or what you already know.

I guess I would be most curious about how a dual slide system works: how many reeds it is controlling, how they keep it airtight. Is it mainly to enable various chord intervals?

Tonight I printed another version of the "Winslow Comb" with a larger draw reed chamber, I still have to sand it. Hopefully it will play with a more natural embouchure.
I have a few more ideas to try on this comb as well, but I have three or four other project ideas in the works as well, but I need to remember to keep a reasonable amount of my time alotment to actually playing harmonica as well

dominico wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:45 am I have a few more ideas to try on this comb as well, but I have three or four other project ideas in the works as well, but I need to remember to keep a reasonable amount of my time alotment to actually playing harmonica as well

Me too. So it might take a few day until I have sorted all the pictures and have written some comments to them.


dear greetings
triona

I would like to have a comb like this. So I could do my own research on it and compare it to those default tremolo and octave combs I mentioned in the other thread. I have several of those harmonicas and like to play them frequently. Could you print one for me?

Sent in a simple letter it could not be that difficult and expensive to send it from the US to Germany. I think declared as a gift of a small worth it presumably will not trigger any activities of the customs clearance. And a payment by paypal or SWIFT is not difficult either. Invoice and tax declaration are should not be necessary.

Maybe I even could give you some hints to improve it and develop its design further on.


dear greetings
triona

What I nearly have forgotten: The dual slide harmonica.
It is the since long discontinued Hohner CHORDOMONICA II.
Because this is another subject, see here:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=966


dear greetings
triona