Archives for January 2007
20 January 2007
Up until now nobody could explain to me exactly what is meant by, ‘equal tuning’, for example with the Golden Melody.
Ok, so let’s take a look:
There’s a marked difference between what the human ear hears (or interprets) in a smooth chord, (meaning the overtones in harmonic relation to the basic notes of a chord) and the calculated relation of the notes and their frequencies.
Basically:
This means, when a Diatonic Harmonica is tuned so that it sounds comfortable (in ‘Just’ tuning’), it does NOT sound good when played in a band with an accompanying piano or guitar.
Especially ‘hole 5 draw’, which sounds really shrill.>>>more
18 January 2007
Exchanging new reedplates or single reeds?
Since there aren’t any really well adjusted plates in the first place, it is always better to adjust and correct or replace an unplayable reed as you go along.
Also, one must partially adjust the original instrument for certain pieces (e.g. Hora staccato) so one gets really good plates by time. The problem with exchanging a plate for a new one, is that the entire problem starts again from the beginning.
Sometimes the work can take months until a plte really works perfect for the player.
12 January 2007
All Hohner Chroms - fully assembled with screws - only at Harponline !
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With the ‘Chromonica II deLuxe’, Hohner has now produced an instrument in the 48 notes section that can be dismantled and is therefore maintainable.
That’s a big step forward, however, it doesn’t entirely fill the gaps in the
marketplace………
2 January 2007
Note Indicator for Bluesharps
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From time to time one should know, which note could be attainable in which hole, blow or draw. Instaed of working on with datasheets we decided to make a little tool which you can call here