Re: Big Walter's Customized Harp - Mystery Solved!

["Howard Chandler" <chandler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Allen,

Thanks for bringing up the tune (Have Mercy).  Way back when, I musta
listened to this tune a thousand times, picking up the needle... You know
the bit.  Anyway, since you mentioned it, and since it's been a long while,
I put it on this morning.  All I can say is wow.  There's plenty here for
even experienced harp players to go to school on.  Not only for Walter's
beautiful playing, and the respectful (and respectable) counterpoint of
Carey Bell, but also the rhythm section.  You can't get any better.

By the way, what's the deal with this listserv.  Some posts seem to go out
right away.  Others will take like a day or more.  I've noticed that stuff
will show up on the yahoo site hours before hitting my mailbox.

Thanks,

Howard Chandler,
Who needs to remember to pull those old records out more often.


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Allen Stratyner" <astratyner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: Big Walter's Customized Harp - Mystery Solved!


>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allen Stratyner" <astratyner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:08 PM
> Subject: RE: Big Walter's Customized Harp - Mystery Solved!
>
>
> >
> > Howard,
> >           I'm pretty certain he used a soloist tuned 364 on "Have Mercy"
> on
> > that recording he did with Carey Bell You can see him playing a 364 on
the
> > cover art. That is one of my favorite harps, and I use it on gigs a lot.
>
> Hi Allen,
> What he was using was a REAL Marine Band Soloist (sometimes known under
the
> name of the Hohner School Band Model), which was discontinued in 1975, and
I
> own two of these. They were NOT made from the 364 platform, as it has been
> since around 1983/84, after a large demand for them came as a result of a
> large letter writing campaign. Unfortunately, the one based on the 364
> platform is clearly inferior in both tone quality as well as playability.
> The original model when under the name of the School Band Model was what
was
> often used in some public schools that had taught harmonica many decades
ago
> as a stepping stone for learning how to play a chromatic.
>
> Sincerely,
> Barbeque Bob Maglinte
> Boston, MA
>
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