Fwd: [Harp-L] Re: Forgotten options for chromaticity

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don't just dream - bug Brendan about it! Maybe Suzuki choked too soon
on this one. A careful reading of Rick's patents would tell them
whether they have a legal footing (they may have developed solutions
to responder-reed roblems that are covereed by his patents; I never
saw under the hood of Brendan's all-bender), and that may open the
door to an economic assessment . . .

Winslow

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Paul Bowering
<paul_bowering@...> wrote:

> In regard to Brandan's All-Bender Winslow writes:

>>It played like a normal diatonic but with full dual-
>>reed blow bends on all notes. Once he heard that Rick 
>>had taken out his patents, Brendan and Suzuki stopped
>>development on the all-bender. Too bad, because the
>>responder reed itself is not part of Rick's patent...

>I haven't minded trying new approaches (overblow
set-up, half-valving, XB-40, Overdrive) but I
understand most won't want to change what they've
become comfortable with. That's why I still say
Brendan's design should be pursued. Of course a
company would be reticent to invest the required
capital and not see a return. (I wonder how Hohner
views the success, or lack thereof, of the XB?) The
All-Bender however would not have the tone, size, feel
and playability differences presented by XB, Overdrive
or valved harps. It could essentially be a standard
harp with slightly wider hole spacing (like a
Bushman?). For those already playing this transition
would be much easier than the other current options.
New generations of players wouldn't even notice.

It's nice to dream...

Paul

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