Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

That’s the correct method for half-valving a diminished harmonica. Since it uses uniform draw bends throughout, the valves are consistent across the entire range of the harp. One advantage of this setup is that you can bend the blow notes. For example, it's nice to be able to bend a blow note down ...

I was cleaning my Diminshed Lucky 13 and noticed that the draw plate in completely valved. Is this how they come or is it a factory mistake? Also what is the advantage if any, of having the draw plate valved? I could not find any advantage of those valves. But I hit upon a severe disadvantage: They...

8-) Nice! This is exactly what I do on the Seydel Sampler since the day it had come to the market. :D And your Irish Session Harp is good for this as well. (I have one of the old ones from Hering.) edit: I just recognized, that you played one on the upper half of the video too. Lots of baroque tunes...

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Nicely done! Btw, talking about Taipei: The last year I happened to listen to a concert of Sirius, a very fine harmonica ensemble from Taiwan, who played at a festival in Berlin. They were really great. Maybe you know them as well? https://up.picr.de/29021215ym.jpg https://up.picr.de/36041503ob.gif ...

But a perfect recording is not not really the point for me - we're not trying to win a Grammy, just just sharing rough recordings of different tunings, alternate harmonics and stuff. It is the same with me. Before I spend a lot of time to struggle with audio recording and computer technique :evil: ...

Nice! Here's a very rough recording. My parrot is chirping along in the background, and my wife and kids walk in at the end, but hey, it's bluegrass. ;) I did have to compress the MP3 to fit within the forum's allowed attachment size. I didn't hear the parrot. :lol: And I didn't realize any loss by ...

thanks to the straight layout of each key on one reedplate each I love that. Me too. The construction of the Hohner CX-12 for example would be ideal for experimentation with different combination of keys etc. But the :twisted: zig-zag-layout is counteracting this. And the reedplates and bodies of t...

A slide harp tuned in Do major with slide-out and Re major with slide-in will additionally play in So major with no bending required.[/b] And to make this real, I would recommend the Seydel Samplar as a base: https://www.seydel1847.de/epages/Seydel1847.sf/secc53277945c/?ViewObjectID=3078953&Cur...

Brendan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 3:12 pm I prefer Option A, because all the draw reeds bend throughout the range, apart from hole 4.

And what about hole 2?