Fwd: Does such a harmonica exist?

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's called a MIllioniser, invented by Walt Miller (aka Walt Mueller) 
of Switzerland.

Winslow

- --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matthew Bullis" 
<matthewbullis@xxxx> wrote:

Hello, long shot, but just wondering if such a harmonica exists? I 
got the
idea when I purchased electronic bagpipes. You place your fingers on 
the
nodes of the device, and play the machine that way, not using your 
mouth at
all. Since it's electronic, it offers the unique ability to switch 
keys,
depending on how you set the machine, something real bagpipes can't 
do. My
question then is: does such a harmonica exist, or could be made, that 
would
be electronic, in such a way that you could play it normally like you 
would
any harmonica, but by setting an option in the machine itself, switch 
harp
keys without taking it out of the neck rack, or taking time to get 
another
harp? If it doesn't exist, then here are the things I think would 
present
such a challenge to the maker: Could the reeds be electronically 
sensitive
so that they would sense the bending of a note, and would they be as
responsive as regular reeds, because the actual reeds would not be of 
a
specific key. They would be sensors inside the unit. All this 
speculation
would be for a diatonic harmonica, since I have no experience with the
chromatic models at this time. Just thought I'd throw this question 
out
there.
Thanks a lot.
Matthew

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