re: [Harp-L] Charlie Winston and harp

["Brendan Power" <bren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben Edwards was one of my most talented harp students when I lived in
London. After I created the CX10 Richter chromatic in about 2000 Ben was a
keen early adopter, and it's one of those you see in the video. It has a
Slide Hook, an adaptation for playing the chromatic in cupping style while
still being able to use the button.

 

You can see photos of the CX10 and a few other chroms with Slide Hooks here:

http://www.brendan-power.com/Power%20Harps.htm

 

These are primitive early versions. Nowadays I finesse the button part a lot
more!

 

If you want to see/hear a more a more "conventional" chromatic being used
with the Slide Hook, search for "Dillpickle Rag Brendan Power & Andrew
White" in YouTube. I'm in Shanghai right now and YouTube is not available
here, but you can see it in the Chinese version, YouKu:

 

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjkzNDM3NTI4.html

 

Watch my right thumb closely and you can see the Slide Hook being used at
certain moments. This is a 14 hole half-valved chrom in PowerChromatic
Tuning.

 

Brendan Power

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