RE: [Harp-L] Hello From Hurricane / Was Custom Harmonicas

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am curious about the particulars in the method used on the bellows to
pick the finest specimen in the key while in the store. Could you
elaborate please?

For instance - are you looking for a certain ring to each note? Some
things are just not obvious to me I suppose.
Thanks in advance.

BTW, congratulations of 50 years of harping!

-----Original Message-----
party_man1 wrote:
Subject: [Harp-L] Hello From Hurricane / Was Custom Harmonicas 

The bellows does it all for me Douglas , I live by it to find em , ....

To find one great sounding harmonica takes time , I go through eveyone
there in a particular key(s) . I keep searching and testing , kicking
out the rejects till I find the gold . It is just that simple to get a
really great harmonica that lasts , does over blows , and ecteras  .
You have to know how to search out the key things that tell you where
this harmonica is coming from when you test it on a bellows . I was
taught by a very old lady who owned a music store , she made the effort
to show me so I would always have a purchase that counted , she new my
financial situation and wanted to help me and she sure did . The process
is simple if you know what to look for and how . 

If I don't find one in a particular music store I move on to the next
one till I do plane and simply put .



Sincerely :

HR