Re: Steve Baker Specials

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, JOHN THADEN wrote:

> four bottom holes repeated one octave lower, and they do some monkey business
> on the high end, which is tons better than the non-SB tuned Marine Bands of
> the same size.

I disagree.  The standard Marine Band 14 holes are great for 3rd posistion
minor mode work.  From the 3rd hole up their tuning is virtually 
identical to a chromatic's.  Meaning of course that it resembles the solo 
tuning not that it has any true chromatic abilities for the non over 
blowers or non valvers.  BTW This harmonica in C is one of the few 
harmonicas I've ever bothered to valve a note on.  Hole 7 has a C over a 
B and the damn thing chokes very easily due to the close relationship of 
the tuning of the two notes.  Valve one note and it's fixed.  Winslow 
Yerxa alos talks of the merits of the 365 series tunings in HIP one of 
the earlier issues.  They are weird and not what you'd expect.  Certainly 
the SBS is much more apparent right out of the box but the 365 tunings do 
deserve a look too.  FJM