Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

As often Edvin, you take a single idea and run with it, extrapolating to new applications I hadn't considered. Always surprising and interesting 👍 The rocker arm design shown in my video relies on gravity to hang out of the way in the neutral position. So on conventional diatonic harmonicas it will ...

TECH TUESDAY #2: Rocker Arm Reed Mute

With harmonicas, the Devil is in the Detail - small things matter a lot! This is a prime example: a quirky little gizmo I invented to do a critical reed-muting job on my SlipSlider Mk1 harmonica.

https://youtu.be/ojRZ6oXrCF4

Thanks for your comments, Edvin. Regarding the advantage you described, of being able to shift the Staggered Reedplate slider whilst playing: it's true when compared to the SlipSlider Mk2 (Special 20 version), but in the MK1 and Mk3 SlipSliders I added Teflon spacer plates, which allow the lower dra...

Yes, I think we've reached the same point: it's one or the other. Unless some blinding insight enabling both the C and B to bend appears, it seems this is the limit of the Staggered Reedplate design for Richter Tuning. But that's not a bad limit: 6 new bends, to give 14 total. If you use Paddy-Richt...

I re-jigged the slider to work with the extra A reed (instead of extra C). This does maintain Richter tuning with slide out and give a draw bend on the B reed, but no blow bend on the C. I think this was what you meant, Edvin? Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible to get bends on both the C and B.....

Hmmm... Looks as if (as always!) it's not so simple - if one wants to retain pure Richter Tuning with the slide out... I did a design adding an extra blow reed, making 11 reeds on top. However, in this version: 1. To get the C blow bend and D draw bend when I push the slider, the doubled reed needs ...

Hmmm.... I'm trying to visualise the physical parts over a coffee, and starting to have some doubts about whether it's possible to retain pure Richter tuning with the slider out when adding this new reed and bending ability...

I need to go to the computer and draw it out. Talk soon...

Hi Edvin, that's brilliant! Last night I went back to my CAD drawings and tried to figure out how to get the C and B bend whilst retaining the D bend. However I only focussed on my latest comb design (where the reedplate isn't split). I figured out a way with a second slide how to get the C bend wit...

TECH TUESDAY #1 - STAGGERED REEDPLATES
https://youtu.be/uiUKCVg7M6I

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this idea

Hi friends..! I'm starting a new video series called TECH TUESDAY, where each week I explain one of the many original harmonica ideas I've been working on over the years - including showing the CAD design drawings where appropriate. TECH TUESDAYS - Series Introduction https://youtu.be/AnYUkMHQxsE Ho...