Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

How many reeds did you place in each semi-hole? Is it a 10/20- or a 20/40-harmonica? What is your note layout like? I really wish I could read German now! This could be no mistake. ;) Germany and Austria are the countries where the harmonica had been invented before it conquered the world. And it is...

Regarding TEMU, you don’t have to buy it there, as far as i know it is also sold by bushman (under Game Changer name) in US and i have seen some serious people reviewing it (Winslow for example), it seems to be a decent product at least. I did not mean the harmonica, which I am not in doubt of. I j...

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dear greetings
triona

Yes, the wider jump would be something to overcome, but since I can now print my own combs maybe I can compensate with some clever hole spacing. It is true that you easily can produce any comb with 3-D-Print. But keep in mind, that you need fitting reedplates to any comb. And they are not as easy t...

I did not know this. This is great to know! It also means that overall comb thickness is another variable I can play with, which makes me happy :-) I did not expect that you did not know this. But thinking about this just now I hit upon a top crazy idea going out from this: Why not thinking about a...

... I would need 11 more switchharps :-) I fear you will not escape this as long as you stick to diatonics - of which variant ever. :lol: ... Seydel ... "All Minor" ... One good news is that this concept proves magnetically dropping draw reed pitch is possible :) I also see why they attached the ma...

However it has some issues: it currently can only affect the blow reeds, and for the smaller reeds if you try to adjust the magnet to get lower than a semitone it gets very unstable. Experimenting with dropping 7 or 8 blow by more than a semitone caused a very unstable note. its odd: the note slowl...

Nicely done! Here my thoughts about some details: A couple of diatonic combs differ from the norm with claimed sound benefits: the Sjoberg comb (now made by Joel Andersson), and the French Arkia model, with chambers that supposedly enhance overbends: https://en.arkia-harmonica.com/ They might inspir...

Looks just as if Brendan's Slip Slider technique could be a good try for your idea? And the Suzuki Sub-30 is featuring some kind of a similar technique as the XB-40, as far as I remember. dear greetings triona edit: an error about the Suzuki Sub-30 deleted. I had mixed it up with the Suzuki MR-300 O...

Thank you. I missed that the Will Wilde Rock Tuning is repeating the "Richter-note-duplication" of 2d=3b in holes 6d=7b. Considering this your alteration to Will Wilde on 7b as well makes sense. Maybe I should have a try on this, because I like to play Paddy Richter as well as Will Wilde Rock tuning...