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- Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:58 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Old Swedish harmonica music (and a harmonica with bells!)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16879
Re: Old Swedish harmonica music (and a harmonica with bells!)
Very nice! :D And an interesting information about a part of old Swedish folk music that has been nearly forgotten. I presume it must have been one of these harmonicas or a similar one. There had been some more. But these were the most popular ones: https://up.picr.de/35272366sp.jpg https://up.picr....
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:30 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Lydian Tuning
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8904
Re: Lydian Tuning
Here is the layout of my Seydel Sampler in the keys of D major and A mixolydian: https://up.picr.de/35270179sp.jpg The Seydel sampler is a double diatonic with slide, solo tuned on both of the reedplates. Its default tuning is D+A, switching from one to the other by the slide. By retuning the G#s of...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:52 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Maximally re-tunable reed?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4392
Re: Maximally re-tunable reed?
Or it might initially be tuned at or near its theoretically lowest pitch, and have its re-tuning latitude extend upwards from there. I would recommend this. Because reduction of material at the fastened end of the reed reduces solidity and durability more than reduction at the free end. At the fast...
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:22 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: TuneMaster harmonica
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32576
Re: TuneMaster harmonica
Indeed. That gives nourishment to my suspicion that it could have been a kind of premature April fool hoax. https://up.picr.de/35113231mf.png Or if not a joke, maybe it is an idea in progress, not yet marketable, and announced too early. We might wait what there will come. The Youtube video is still...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:33 am
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15863
Re: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
Btw: The pictured display with two different colours for blow and draw reeds is suitable for harmonicas which change air direction with every reed on each reedplate. For harmonicas with only blow or only draw reeds on each reedplate the simple classical layout tab is sufficient. Anyone can easily un...
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:49 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15863
Re: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
The S-50's layout seems more intuitive to me. I think I will try one. I think so as well. It depicts the layout of the harmonica exactly like you see it when looking on the mouthpiece. Here you can see some more examples, if you like to adapt it as well: Suzuki Humming SU-21-H (Tremolo) https://up....
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:19 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15863
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 2:07 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15863
Re: Idea for slideless chromatic harp
Another approach is to adopt a design like the Tombo S50. Pat Missin has written a good article on it and other slideless chromatics here: https://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q24.html This requires no bending or overblowing to get a chromatic scale, though they are possible. Quite an interesting harmoni...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:54 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: TuneMaster harmonica
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32576
Re: TuneMaster harmonica
Thank you.
It really seems that this turbo slide technics only work on the blow reeds.
For applications like shown in Brendan's video this is sufficient.
But with the TuneMaster harmonica it would supply only half of the thing that I would wish.
dear greetings
triona
It really seems that this turbo slide technics only work on the blow reeds.
For applications like shown in Brendan's video this is sufficient.
But with the TuneMaster harmonica it would supply only half of the thing that I would wish.
dear greetings
triona
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Interesting Alternative Harmonica Ideas
- Topic: TuneMaster harmonica
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32576
Re: TuneMaster harmonica
Ok, if you think so. Then let us wait till it is on stock again. Maybe the first one who might purchase it can write a review here. Considering about magnetism as the function principle: If it is working with the reeds directly being affected by magnetism (*), magnetic reeds are the precondition tha...