Re: Hybrid#stacked harmonica

Just checked.  The settings for big-harmonica say that attachments are 
allowed.  James, please attach it to an email as well as posting to the 
web site, if you so desire.  I would very much like to see it.


> I'd like to see a photo. Sounds like a great idea you have there.
> You should be able to post photos in the file section for the group
> listed at the bottom of this email.
>  
> Russ
>
> */jrjfreer <[email protected]>/* wrote:
>
>     Hello all
>
>     I've only recently joined this group and really just started playing
>     the harmonica. I was a little put off by the "bluesy" side with the
>     diatonic, not keen on the chromatic, very keen on the orchestral ones
>     but not so keen on the price!! [only a school teacher].
>
>     I read with interest the Asian method of playing stacked harmonicas,
>     common for tremolo, but stacked diatonics like C and Db seemed a good
>     idea to me. I tried the hand movement for the two and decided to join
>     them somehow. Tried initially with a 6mm sheet of plastic between the
>     two and then used double sided sticky tape to keep them together. I've
>     now made one with the keys I've mentioned above and basically play it
>     a bit like an orchestral one. I used a couple of brass tubes either
>     side 16mm in length held together by thin bolts to make the assembly
>     rigid. It is really like a small orchestral one and can also be played
>     on a rack. I'd post a photo but I don't think this yahoogroup will
>     allow that.
>
>     Looking at a Suzuki brochure earlier today - What I would like to know
>     is how you orchestral folk play the orchestral harmonica? I noticed
>     the hinge and imagined that you would open up the hinge to play chords
>     and close to go from say a natural on the lower tier to a accidental
>     on the higher tier.
>
>     To me playing stacked harmonicas seems a natural way of getting over
>     the problem of missing notes. By all means contact me offlist if you
>     prefer.
>
>     Many thanks
>     ~James
>
>
>
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