Re: Next Step (TV)

[Mike Curtis <wd6ehr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Bobbie,
> 
> If it was, as you say a moulded black body, and (you imply) chromatic, it will
> have been the Hohner CX12 - hardly an innovation, though, I've had mine for at
> least three years - they sound kinda like the old CBH chromatics, and come apart
> very easily - sadly the slide mechanism appears to be very noisy - no problem
> amplified, but playing classical stuff, it can be a real drag.
> 
> If it was a blues harp, then yes, it was a Cross Harp. They are not, however,
> made of steel. The covers are made of some sort of "mickey mouse" alloy, and
> painted black (the paint doesn't last long), and the combs are plastic with a
> gold-looking coating or plating on them. The reed-plates are thicker than on a
> regular harp, which means a greater amplitude for the vibrating reed, and
> therefore more volume, but it also means that a different alloy has to be used
> to make the reeds, 'cos otherwise they'd break too quick.

Grievin' Steven at the Harmonica Store was showing me a stacked harmonica
a year or two back.  It was small, like a diatonic, but had C and Db harps
in it.  It had a double row of holes, and you "slide"  it by playing the
lower set.  I forget what it's called, and am not sure as to the 
manufacturer.  I'll ask Steven next time I see him.


 -- mike