Re: [Harp-L] Re: New Hering Diatonic Harp?

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Peter,

An interesting configuration. I tend to like the
19-limit just tuning for myself, but I might have
to check one of those babies out for myself just to
see. :-)

Harpin' in Colorado,
--Ken M.


--- Peter and Connie Ruth <conruth@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Here is the tuning chart for the new Jefferson
> Gonçalves Harmonica  
> from Hering:
> (I got this information from Jefferson himself)
> 
> tuner calibrated to 442 for blow notes
> 1,3,4,6,7,9 and 10
> tuner calibrated to 442 for draw notes
> 1,2,4,5,6,8 and 10
> tuner calibrated to 440 for blow notes 2,5, and 8
> tuner calibrated to 440 for draw 3 and 7
> tuner calibrated to 441 for draw 9
> 
> This is a form of just tuning... (not equal
> tuning) so the chords  
> sound nice.
> 
> I have been playing one of these Jefferson
> Gonçalves Harmonicas since  
> January.  It has the same comb and reed plates as
> a Hering Blues  
> Harmonica.  It?s a very nice harp.
> 
> (I did, however re-tune 5 draw and 9 draw up to
> 443.  In second  
> position I like a brighter sounding flat 7th. 
> Think of the opening  
> riff to Little Walter?s OFF THE WALL...)
> 
> Some of you might remember that Jefferson was at
> the 1998 SPAH  
> Convention in Detroit.  He has come a long way
> since then.  His last  
> two CDs, Gréia, and Conexão Nordeste are both
> excellent.  He is a  
> pioneer in blending Blues with Brazilian roots
> music.  Check it out.
> 
> Peter Madcat Ruth
> madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.madcatmusic.net
> 
> 
> Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > I was just surfing at one of the online harp
> stores
> > (Best Lil' Harp House) and saw a new Hering
> model
> > called the "Hering Jefferson Goncalves
> Signature
> > Harmonica".
> >
> > The brief description says that the harp
> features
> > antique gold colored cover plates (similar
> > coloration as the antique brass of the 1923
> > Vintage) and a "tuning made specially by Hering
> > endorsee and harmonica player Jefferson
> Gonçalves
> > and the Hering luthier Fabrício Casarejos."
> > Apparently it's a "very personal tuning", but
> there
> > isn't any more info about the tuning on the
> page.
> >
> > Does anyone know what this tuning might entail?
> I
> > am not familiar with Goncalves music and there
> > wasn't a note layout available on the Web page.
> >
> http://www.harphouse.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=780
> >
> > I'm curious about this harp.
> >
> > Harpin' in Colorado,
> > -Ken M.
> >
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