[Harp-L] Lee Oskar harps...was Jerry Portnoy CDs

["Robert Gaustad" <robertgaustad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with you on the Lee Oskars regarding value.  You can buy them for
about $24 bucks, or less, but they seem to last forever.  I have some harps
I've been blowing hard for five or six years...hell, longer for some.  I
myself love the tone, the way they slide on my lips, and the way they feel
in my hand and in my mouth.  I keep trying out other harps, the latest being
the Suzuki Promaster, but I just can't get no satisfaction with anything but
the Lee Oskars.

Regarding the Portnoy CDs, I've got a signed copy sitting on my desk that I
bought at the Mark Hummel Harmonica Blowout a few weeks ago in Oakland.  I
was talking with Jerry at the merch table and I just HAD to buy the CDs.
I've been playing for over 30 years and I've never tongue blocked.
Everytime I try it, it just doesn't feel right or sound right.  I live lip
blocking...but I feel that if I am going to grow and become a more rounded
player, I should give tongue blocking a chance.  

I guess I'll be pitched back to square one and I'm not even sure I'll ever
get into tongue blocking, but I will indeed give it a shot.

Robert Gaustad



-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Shaw
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:44 AM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Jerry Portnoy CDs

Get a harp in A.  Without one you'd be burdening yourself unnecessarily with

this course.   I think a Lee Oskar in A major diatonic would serve you well 
- good quality and long-lasting.  You get what you pay for, and you get a
lot for a modest outlay with Lee Oskars.  It's probably worth saying that
any confirmed non-tongue-blocker buying this set will probably think that
they're being pitched right back to square one no matter how good they are -
he gets you at it right from the word go.  Not a hassle for a beginner
though!

Steve