[Harp-L] Re: full octave bend

[mik jagger <harpomatic@xxxxxxxxx>]

A record has been set!




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 From: Zombor Kovacs <zrkovacs@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mik jagger <harpomatic@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 1:53 PM
Subject: full octave bend
 

All right. Here is my best try for now. This is not for making music I think, but it is possible :-)
With a little practice and finding the best note/reed, it could be done even better. 
But half an octave is easily possible, probably even for making music. 



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 From: mik jagger <harpomatic@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Zombor Kovacs <zrkovacs@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] would this work? 
 

Zombor, it would be great to hear your samples.  At the very least, we could have a harmonica that can only be played as a pan flute, but extremely bendy. Ideally, I'd have an XB40-type harp, playing on blow and draw, with an octave bendability - it would seem to be very interesting and expressive harp to try.



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 From: Zombor Kovacs <zrkovacs@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mik jagger <harpomatic@xxxxxxxxx>; "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] would this work? 
 

Today I have no idea what you wanna use this for, but I will try to make a sound clip. First, however, I have to tune two reedplates to get the octave distance between them. 
Then I will do some tweaking to get the best out of it. Even if it has no practical use - at least in it's present form -  it might sound interesting :-) (just for the sake of fun)

From: mik jagger <harpomatic@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] would this work? 

Zombor, you give me hope, Zombor for president!!! now, how's that for an "extreme" bender - ExB40?