Re: [Harp-L] Sub30/X-Reed

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had several folks ask for XB-40s in LeMars Iowa when I vended Hohner
Harmonicas at the Old Time Music Festival.  I offered to half-valve the new
Hohner Rocket as an alternative.

George

On Monday, September 8, 2014, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> How many folks are playing Sub30s or X-Reeds? I am right into them just
> now.
> Obviously the work Brendan Power has done with the Sub30 was necessary to
> make Suzuki's innovation really useful, but there was one thing about the
> note set-up I just haven't been able to adapt to. That is the draw bend on
> hole 7, taking (let's talk 'C' harp) the B down to a Bb.
> I wanted the blown C to go to Bb, just like hole 10, and like holes 1, 4, 7
> and 10 on an XB40. Also, effectively, like the hole 6 overblow on a
> conventional harp. On my Sub30s and X-Reeds, I have the holes 1 and 4 blow
> bending a tone (a simple adjustment) and I am now pleased to announce that
> I now have a whole tone blow bend on hole 7 as well.
> It involved the removal of all three reeds form hole 7, and swapping them
> around (including converting the blow reed on the bottom plate to a draw
> reed) so that the reed arrangement for that hole was the same as for holes
> 1-6.
> It's probable that nobody else is interested in this, and I don't blame
> them. However, it's quite an achievement for your's truly,
> RD
>


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