[Harp-L] Low F

[Rick Dempster]

When I suddenly wanted a low F recently, I retuned an A harp to F. It's
simpler than, say, tuning a G down a tone ( less reeds to tune) and works
fine,
Depends what you want it for,of course.
You lose the bottom blow F and draw G, and at hole ten, gain a blow A and
draw E.
You only have to retune 12 reeds.
I retuned a standard F to A a while back (to get a high A) and iy dawned on
me the reverse would work just as well.
RD

On 6 October 2016 at 05:53, David McCurry <david.mccurry at xxxxx> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> The Suzuki Manji or Olive come in low F for around $50-60 range.
> I play a Suzuki Pure (with rosewood covers) in Low F. A beautiful
> instrument.
>
> D.
>
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 9:32 AM, George Miklas <harmonicat at xxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I can sell you a Low F Rocket for $80.00.
> >
> > On Friday, September 30, 2016, Jim Fitting <jfitting at xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >   I have been playing the Marine Band Low F harmonica for a very long
> > > time. But it looks like it has been discontinued by Hohner ( or is it
> KHS
> > > now?) Did anybody hear about this? Does anybody care? Does anyone have
> a
> > > stash of them that they want to unload ? I play the low F at least once
> > or
> > > twice every gig. I hesitate to plunk down the $130 or whatever it is
> for
> > a
> > > Marine Band 'Thunderbird' which is still available in Low F. I tell you
> > > what, after all these years Hohner is really trying to drive me to
> start
> > > buying Seydels.
> > >
> > > Jim Fitting
> > >
> >
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