Re: [Harp-L] 12-hole Diatonics

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fernando - 

No more 364 in D? Say it ain't so!

Winslow

--- Fernando Bresslau <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Brad.
> 
> Not sure I understood all what you need, but the Marine Band 364 come
> only
> in low C and regular G. Winslow's info is, as usual, spot on. Only
> that,
> unfortunately, no D 364 or 365 are offered anymore.
> Cheers,
> Fernando
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/9/07, Bradford Trainham <btrainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > What options does one have for a 12-hole diatonic other than the
> > Marine 364?
> > I seem to be in a mode of shrinkage...  That is, I've played the
> Steve
> > Baker Specials for about two years, roughly since the time I found
> out
> > they existed.
> > But lately, I like the little third (third position?  Like when you
> > play in a minor on a diatonic g?  That's third, right?)
> > antics one might sometimes perform on a standard 10-hole, so I
> thought
> > I might compromise with a 12-hole diatonic.
> > But the Marine 364's tuning, if it's like the 365... and please
> tell
> > me if it isn't... has us bending predominately in notes lower than
> I
> > care to be in, and sacrificing some of the higher bends/over-blows
> we
> > might experience in the higher registers.
> > So again with feeling...  What other 12-hole options exist and are
> > they tuned similarly to the Marine 364?
> > Brad (deserving of a hailstorm of tetanus-infested Jam Bones for
> his
> > impudence) Trainham
> >
> > P.S.
> > "Predominately"???
> > What the...???
> > Ok Often!!  All too Often!! How about that instead?
> >
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