RE: [Harp-L] Baritone harmonica

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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:54:54 -0600
From: "Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Baritone harmonica

>Just wondering, if anyone has looked into soldering and tuning an
>existing 270, or CX? You could weight the reeds to tune them down - I
>know this only because of a low low F harp I have... and the low A...
>and the back ordered low G... the reeds have been weighted with solder
>to get the notes pretty darn low. 
>So I bet an exisiting chromatic could be modified to meet this need.
>8<
>But, I think the concept of soldering, weighing the reeds, and adding
>the appropriate valve types, would be fine. Heck I bet half valving
>wouldn't be so bad either.

Hi Eric,
  Brendan Power offers low tunings on 16 hole and 12 hole Hohner
chromatics.  Some years ago, I purchased a Power CX12 in Bb augmented
tuning starting on Bb2 (Bb two octaves below middle C, covers 4 octaves),
and he used solder to achieve that.
  Brendan also offers half valving with any of his custom chromatics.

Cheers,
-- G.
http://harmoinca.7p.com