Re: Re: [Harp-L] Re: OB's

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well that's better than me.  I don't have any fully functional harp
right now.  I blew them all out.  I was forced to play an out of the
box Sp20 last weekend - Good thing it was only a blues gig....


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Re: [Harp-L] Re: OB's
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:13:17 -0500
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>>Tim said:
>>
>>At one point,
>>I ended up with only two harps I could play, and about 200 that I
>>couldn't (or didn't want to).
>>
>>And I thought it was just me. Well I don't have 200 that I can't
>play, but I 
>>also only have 2 setup for overblows that I do play. Of course I
>only setup 
>>for overblows, one day I will have to setup for overdraws - to be
>solved 
>>with a custom harp.
>>
>>Pierre.
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:35 PM
>>Subject: Re: Re: [Harp-L] Re: OB's
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Michael Peloquin wrote:
>>>> How many of those great players that eschew OBs do so
>>>> out of laziness, unwarranted fear, traditional integrity
>>>> or some other weird reason? I can't understand why a great
>>>> player would not want to utilize all of the notes that are
>>>> available on their instrument.
>>>
>>> I can speak only for myself in this regard, and I'm no "great
>>> player".  I was "comfortable" with my own playing, as I had been
>for
>>> years.  I was sure I was a pretty good player, and didn't see any
>>> reason to change.  It was only when I saw people doing things I
>>> wanted to be able to do -- finding those notes I had been missing
>>> all those years -- that I got inspired to really do it.
>>> Interestingly, Howard Levy wasn't an inspiration to me, because I
>>> don't want to play that kind of music.  I have to say it was
>really
>>> George Brooks who first opened my eyes.  And I'd guess that George
>>> was a little out of his preferred element at the SPAH blues jam in
>>> Columbus in 2002.
>>>
>>> When I started aspiring to integrate overblows into my playing
>there
>>> were lots of challenges.  In the end, it changed everything, which
>>> isn't where I thought I was going when I started.  I even ended up
>>> building myself entire new sets of harps, or modifying existing
>sets
>>> as I developed technique.  It became hard to play my old harps
>>> because they wouldn't do the things I came to expect.  At one
>point,
>>> I ended up with only two harps I could play, and about 200 that I
>>> couldn't (or didn't want to).  It pushed the envelope of my harp
>>> building too.
>>>
>>> -tim
>>>
>>> Tim Moyer
>>> Working Man's Harps
>>> http://www.workingmansharps.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Chris Michalek