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by triona
Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: more records from Brendan
Replies: 3
Views: 8106

Re: more records from Brendan

To talk about the harmonica you played on this album, and on the "Cute Little Tune" in particular: You wrote: "The main one I settled on for this album was a heavily customised Hohner XB-40. I removed the covers and mouthpiece and put the internal comb/reedplate unit inside a cut-down...
by triona
Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:05 pm
Forum: Brendan's Custom Harmonicas, Tunings, etc
Topic: more records from Brendan
Replies: 3
Views: 8106

Re: more records from Brendan

One more very fine CD just discoverered:
https://www.brendan-power.com/PufNSaw.php
Got it last week. Burnt the CD just now. And it is running up and down here since then. :D
And this one is my favourite out of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l3POdY0SMw


dear greetings
triona
by triona
Sun May 31, 2020 11:28 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Hohner Penta from 1955
Replies: 2
Views: 6299

Hohner Penta from 1955

Does anyone know this harmonica? Or even better: Does anyone coincidentally own one? https://up.picr.de/38674495fa.jpg Original picture out of the book "Hohner - The Living Legend" by H. Wenzel and M. Häffner https://up.picr.de/38674576od.jpg embossing of the coverplate shown more clearly ...
by triona
Fri May 22, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: PowerChromatic, Inverted Bebop, Diminished and all their relatives. A complete list!
Replies: 6
Views: 11844

Re: PowerChromatic, Inverted Bebop, Diminished and all their relatives. A complete list!

Lizzy wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 10:22 am I ... dont have the theory mind like you guys :D
It is me too struggling hard with that. :D


dear greetings
triona
by triona
Tue May 19, 2020 3:20 pm
Forum: Buy/Sell/Swap
Topic: Lucky 13 Powerchromatic, key D, plus some diatonics - SOLD
Replies: 14
Views: 97539

Re: Lucky 13 Powerchromatic, key D, plus some diatonics

Hi Dan,

just arrived an hour ago. Thanks!
A nice instrument. I think it will help me to learn the big Powerchrom with the slide eventually.

But do not ask me, why always a littele black and white bear comes into my mind when I read your nick. :lol:


dear greetings
triona
by triona
Sun May 17, 2020 5:33 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Chord Harmonicas
Replies: 2
Views: 7394

Re: Chord Harmonicas

I’d like to know how you are progressing on the Suzuki SSCH-56. Oh, that's really a dark chapter of my GAS. :oops: When I tried it first at the Frankfurt International Music Fair 2016 I was really intrigued by it. Then it took 1 and 1/2 year till I eventually could purchase one. But then I found ou...
by triona
Fri May 15, 2020 11:06 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Shifting a tuning to fit a certain range (i.e. that of a fiddle)
Replies: 13
Views: 140109

Re: Shifting a tuning to fit a certain range (i.e. that of a fiddle)

... My musical curiosity and exploration will have me continue my search. Do I need another harmonica? No. Do I want to find another harmonica which is different from my others and explore its possibilities? Yes. Now I am having fun discovering the possibilites of the Hohner 48 Chord harmonica. GAS...
by triona
Fri May 15, 2020 6:16 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Shifting a tuning to fit a certain range (i.e. that of a fiddle)
Replies: 13
Views: 140109

Re: Shifting a tuning to fit a certain range (i.e. that of a fiddle)

Hello Ken, don't mention it, anytime. It is just a pity that most of it concerning the 1577 Violin Scale and the comparison of it to the S-50 seems to have become obsolete now, or historical at least. :( (The notification on Tombo's Japanese website about the discontinuance must have been added with...
by triona
Fri May 15, 2020 6:11 pm
Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
Topic: Shifting a tuning to fit a certain range (i.e. that of a fiddle)
Replies: 13
Views: 140109

Re: Shifting a tuning to fit a certain range (i.e. that of a fiddle)

I wanted to post a reply here. I always get to see this: Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. @David: What could be wrong with my post. This is not the first time. ...