Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

NAME: FiG CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for 13-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: And now for something only slightly different from the tuning just above (also based on a Lucky 13 or SBS) ... You can raise the two blow by one semitone and raise the three blow by two semitones. Now the left-most three b...

NAME: CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for 13-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: And now for something that is not completely different … If you have a Double-Richter tuned Lucky 13 or SBS lying around, you might try this! WHEN/HOW: March of 2018. I have not yet had one made. LAYOUT/DETAILS: 2018-03-05 (3)...

NAME: CoG CuD No-7ths “Neck Rack” tuning for 10-hole harp BASIC CONCEPT: There is a family of tunings which are basically Richter harps that have been altered only slightly. Paddy Richter, Melody Maker and Country tuning come to mind. I have never been a big fan of Richter nor its nearest relatives...

Forum admin: Should this topic be moved to the other forum?

Q: Do you see applications of 221 to "chromatic"/slide harp? What might that look like?

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I would like to share some thoughts: 1. I love this forum and, like others, am indebted to Brendan's vision and generosity in creating and maintaining it. 2. I've now posted over 180 times. Most of those posts regard alternate tunings. 3. With my science education career cut short by a progressive g...

A "double-Richter- plus " format could be either to: (A) Repeat the first four channels at an octave lower, and delete the last channel, in a 13-hole body, or ... (B) Repeat the first four channels at an octave lower, and delete the last two channels, in a 12-hole body. Both of these provide three f...

I understand and respect all of Triona's comments on this topic. Thanks! I have now re-tuned the lower-left A to a B-flat. I would like to get the Easttop, but they are suddenly less available in the US and more expensive than they were a couple months ago. As I was re-tuning the A to B-flat, I was ...

I am a beginner at fine-tuning and re-tuning reeds. I started by trying various scratching tools. Then I had better success with sanding detailer sticks. Yesterday I tried this: 61O+rGvjC8L._SX463_.jpg in a rotary tool set to about 10-15k rpm. The "green bullets" (ha!) are rubber, and impregnated wi...