[Harp-L] octave chromatic (was movie date)

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Bonfiglio (I finally spelled it right--thanks to cut and  
paste) writes:

"I did play a neat Movie date yesterday which required a lot of  
reading and had some nasty fast corner switch grace notes. Very much  
Rota or Maraconi type music, so much so that in one take I suggested,  
stupid me, that the whole thing would sound great in octaves. So we  
ended up rerecording 4 takes all in octaves! Last time I make that  
suggestion."

It sounds like you need an octave chromatic.  Suzuki finally did  
build a one-comb tremolo chromatic, but it's not really amenable to  
being made into an octave instrument, IMO.  As with the trem-chrom,  
John Infande has made octave-chroms in the past (not sure if he still  
is making these).  Still, I must say there's something nice about an  
instrument which is designed from the ground-up to do it's job,  
rather than one using modified parts (ie, Infande's trem-chroms are  
excellent, but the Suzuki has an elegance which can only be achieved  
through the use of a purpose designed set of reed-plates, combs and  
the like).

Tops on my list of things I'd like to see some harmonica company make  
are a baritone chromatic and an octave chromatic and your post  
reminded me of the later.  Who knows, if a leading classical  
harmonica player endorses the product, maybe a company might be more  
able to find a market for an octave-chrom...:)





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