Bending blow notes

["Jyrki Tomminen" <TOMMINEN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

I consider myself decently experienced harp player and play and sing 
professionally, though still waiting for the major break-thru as a 
well-known musician - real tough job here in Finland when you 
play blues based stuff and sing in Finnish. I sure would like to 
expand my playing arena beyond the borders, no doubt about that!! 

I have never played a valved harp and I don't seem to get to bend, 
for instance, blow notes on holes 1-6 with the harps I currently have 
in my collection: Tombo Folk Blues, Tombo Major Boy, Lee Oskar, Tombo 
Ultimo, Hohner Pro Harp, Hohner Blues Harp. Most of my collection 
consists of Folk Blues and I like to play it alright. Could someone 
tell me whether that really should be something one should be able to 
do with the above harps and if so what is the right technique to 
accomplish it. Or should I go after valved harps like Suzukis? I am 
not a handyman myself so I think all the make-your-own-valved-harps 
should be out of question.

I will be sending one track from my band to be !possibly! included in 
the harp-list-tape. Whether anyone wants to listen to it I don't 
know. But by this age (37) I have quit being overly shy about my 
music and really want to share it with people who like to listen to 
it.

Jyrki Tomminen (Bluesky Frank)
Bluesky Bluffs Corporation Unlimited