Re: [Harp-L] Paddy Richter tuning for Sailor's Hornpipe

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Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:43:52 -0700
From: "Gary Lehmann" <hqr@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Paddy Richter tuning for Sailor's Hornpipe
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi--
> Believe it on not, it took me until today to file down blow three for this
> tuning--and it makes Sailor's Hornpipe pretty doable, if you compensate for
> the missing C# with fudge in the classic harmonica fashion, lots easier to
> rip thru which is my immediate need.  The D/G is interesting, tho; even
> works in A blues.
> All this retuning of diatonic harps is making the Chromatic seem very
> comforting indeed! Also good bang for the buck; I was able to use two old
> and unusable Lee Oskars to make a new instrument!
> Gary

Excellent, it's very rewarding when first learning you can do this for
yourself.
  Soon you'll be retuning your chromatic too.
-- G.