Switch-Harp mixing low and regular tunings

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jb667
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Switch-Harp mixing low and regular tunings

Post by jb667 » Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:46 am

Hi everyone,
First time posting on the forum, so I hope I've found the right place... For a while I've been wanting to find a way to chromaticise (is that a word?) my Paddy Richter harps.
I think it would be easier for me to play if the slide lowered the notes rather than raised them. So with the slide out you have a (for example) G Paddy Richter, and with the slide in you have a low F# Paddy Richter (or just a low F# that I'd retune).
The tech Tuesday video about the slider mouthpiece got me thinking that maybe a switch-harp would be the easiest way to do this. (I'd previously been looking at the configurator on Seydel's website.) However I notice on the website that you need different powerparts kits for regular tuned and low tuned harmonicas. I don't know if there's any brand that make G Paddy Richter and Low F# harps that would both be compatible with the same switch-harp.
What would you consider the best course of action here?

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Re: Switch-Harp mixing low and regular tunings

Post by Brendan » Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:00 pm

If you're using the Suzuki Promasters, the low F# will fit fine on the Suzuki sandwich Switch-Harp.

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Re: Switch-Harp mixing low and regular tunings

Post by jb667 » Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:00 pm

I didn't know you could get the promaster in a low F#. Thanks, that's really helpful!

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Re: Switch-Harp mixing low and regular tunings

Post by jb667 » Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:32 pm

Although, I suppose you could just get a low F and tune everything up a semitone!

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