Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

Apologies - this delay in releasing the UniBender is getting embarrassing for me, and annoying for you! The current hold-up is finishing the patent documents. The valve principle inside the UniBender could apply to a wide range of harmonicas and I want to protect it before release. I've done the mai...

Thanks for the query. It's not something I've considered up till now, but it could be a good idea - as the AsiaBend is certainly quite different to anything else out there! To do it digitally would require some specialist Tab software, or an adaptation of existing software. I'll look into it. In the...

One other possibility, a bit over the top maybe: There is a doubled C in hole 3 with draw slide-in. You could detune it to A#, detune the current blow 3 slide-in A# to G#, and detune the current hole 2 slide-in G# to F#. However it would alter the slider pattern in those holes, and you'd lose a bend...

Glad you're liking your version too Crawford :-) David: ah, you mean the F# on a C harp. In Richter you would have two G# slide notes and could conceivably tune one down to F#, but it has to be a bend in Melody Maker tuning. However as you say you can get the F# as a shallow bend slide-out or a deep...

David: If your two Melody Maker harps are a semitone apart you have the deep draw bend on hole 2 slide-out as a slide-in blow note on hole 2.

On a C harp that would be the F note.

Glad you're liking it overall

24 Years after New Irish Harmonica, a return to traditional Irish music, using some of the new types of harmonica I've developed in the intervening period.

MP3 clips and more info here:
http://www.brendan-power.com/UNADORNED.php

TUNE-A-DAY #38: Sally Gardens (Air & Reel) Two very different but attractive tunes with a similar name, it seemed natural to put them together. http://www.brendan-power.com/tuneaday.php Harmonicas: AsiaBend on the air, Slide Diatonic in Paddy Solo Tuning on the reel From the new album UNADORNED: htt...

PowerParts kits with detailed instructional videos on how to finish/assemble them are available for a widening range of my harmonicas and accessories. So far it's the OctaHarp, OctaHarp Selectable, Switch-Harp, un-lipped Chromatic PowerCombs, and Diatonic Power Combs. If you're the handy type they m...

I've recently retuned a couple of Lucky 13 harps to Power Chromatic. With half-valving it's a really nice combination for tunes which are more harmonically complex but where you still want to retain that funky diatonic tone.

Playing them on a gig tomorrow. Will post a recording or video soon.

Yes, there are two versions of PowerComb for the Chromonika if you're interested:

http://www.brendan-power.com/combs-hohner.php#16

Great old instruments