[Harp-L] Borrowing Ideas from Accordions to Harmonicas.



Hello, Harp-Ellers.

The accordion, patented by Cyril Demian in Vienna, Austria, in 1829, has provided us harmonica players with many harmonica improvements.

In 1857 (according to the German Harmonica Museum), Joseph Richter of Haidau, Czechoslovakia (todays's Novy Bohr, Czech Republic) made
single reed diatonic harps with the Richter System reed placement, the industry standard for today's blues harps.


He was quoted as saying that he copied the system from accordions after seeing it used in an accordion factory.

The "Richter Syetem" places the exhale reeds on the top reed plate, and the inhale reeds on the bottom reed plate.
This allows us to play limited chordal accompaniment on the humble but versatile 10-hole blues harp.


Happy Holidays

John Broecker




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