RE: [Harp-L] Re: Favorite Harp Labeling Methods

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a cartridge belt from the Swedish K Machine Gun. It sounds like we
have the same thing.

Got mine in a surplus shop - it very well could have been Banana
Republic before they went all yuppie. But, I have a good memory of
buying it from an Army Navy Surplus store back in 1979. Always used it
for my harps. I keep my harps like C/G, A/D, F/Bb, Ab/Db, LoF/LoD - I
have a spare belt too - and found a place to get them online after a
real tuff search.

There are two types of this belt actually, one (my first type) has
greenish canvas on the side walls of the leather pouch, and the strap to
hold the pouch shut is inserted under a slit cut into the case. The
other (older type, my spare) has brownish canvas, and the strap to hold
the pouch shut is run under a sewn on strap. The rest of the hardware is
virtually identical save for the small hook which is just harder to
open.

They are durable as hell. My old belt has absolutely no sign of wear to
indicate I have to replace it, even after 25 years of beating on it. The
belt always get those "looks" from other harp players too.

Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Colin Epstein [mailto:colin@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:33 PM
>To: Eric Neumann
>Cc: Ryan Hartt; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Favorite Harp Labeling Methods
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>Eric Neumann wrote:
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>>Also, I think it really depends all on how you store your harps while 
>>performing. I do not use a case. (yet) I use a leather cartridge belt 
>>that keeps two harps in each of the five pockets. I don't play the 
>>chrom, (yet) so this works fine for me.
>>
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>I wonder if we use the same belt.  A couple years before I started 
>playing harp, I came across a cool surplus leather cartridge belt at 
>Banana Republic (way, way back when they were a "Safari 
>Outfitter") with 
>5 pockets and a little metal clip hanging off one end.  I got it just 
>'cause it was nifty, and finally found a use for it when I 
>needed a way 
>to carry all the tin sandwiches I started to accumulate.  To 
>this day it 
>makes quite the impression, and is a great way to keep harps within 
>reach when on stage.  The clip even makes a great place to 
>loop the mic 
>cable through so if anyone steps on it, I just get a tug on the belt 
>instead of having my  crystal bullet mic yanked out of my hands.
>
>I keep the harp keys in alphabetical order along the belt, and can 
>always find what I need in a hurry.
>
>I still pop one in my mouth upside down, though...
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>C
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