Re: Picture of a new Suzuki promaster valved harp

["Flipper Weintrager" <klezharmonikoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam, it's a great harp I agree.  Mr Farrell sent
me two of the valved ProMasters backin '96 and they've
really been such a pleasure to play and compose things
on.  I ordered a low-F and a low-D.  Was turned onto them
from reading the liner-notes from Brendan Powers cd
New Irish Harmonica (great, details in the notes on
what harps and positions he uses for these tunes),
where he uses some of the ProMasters (Brendan receives
a stipend from Suzuki for his work getting the design
together for them).  I found the low-D was a little
loose in the reeds out-of-the-box, for my taste, and
regapped the first three holes ever so slightly.  It's
brilliant for those rumbling swoops you descibe in
your post.  The lowF has been a dream from the get-go.
...and it's true: aesthetically these harps are gorgeous,
and very smooth to play.  Richard Weintrager -


>I finally decided to get a 64 hole chromatic.  I ordered the Suzuki from
>harp house.  While on the phone as a pure impulse move I also ordered a
>promaster valved harp.  It's $45 dollars but since I had the credit card
>out...
>
>The chromatic is back ordered but the promaster arrived yesterday.  I'm 
>very
>impressed with it.  It's most impressive feature is it is a very pretty
>harp.  I put a picture of it next to one of my Oskars at:
>http://home.earthlink.net/~sgravina1/newharp.jpg
>
>You can see the Suzuki marketing photo here:
>http://www.suzukimusic.com/harmonicas/Pages/home.html
>
>I valved the Oskar myself and in the picture you can see the Suzuki valves.
>I haven't taken the harp apart yet.  Mainly cause I like the way it is 
>tuned
>and gaped right out of the box.  I don't feel any need to tweak it as I 
>have
>all my other harps.
>
>It plays as well as my Oskars and Special 20's.  I don't sound any 
>different
>on it.  Nothing is easier but nothing is wrong with it either.  The holes
>look the same as on the Oskar but I need to adjust my playing a bit to keep
>my mouth over the right holes, this I find to be a trivial adjustment.  I'm
>not very good at using the extra notes provided by the valves I mainly use
>them to add swoop bends to the lower blow notes, an easy effect that I 
>like.
>
>I really like the way it looks and feels.  The picture does not do it
>justice.  Unfortunately harp looks don't matter.  When playing you cant see
>the harp and no one else can either.
>
>I expect that the aluminum alloy comb will age more gracefully than the
>plastic combs of other harps.
>
>Not worth the extra $20 but it's sure nice to have at least one of my harp
>look this good.
>
>Sam
>

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