Re: [Harp-L] Something new about the Paddy Richter tuning

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

I really like the Paddy Richter tuning.  I've retuned
some extra harps... Although, I don't know if I trust
myself to re-tune a Seydel 1847 (don't have any extras
of those lying around!).

Yeah, you can play some nice minor songs on the PR
harp.

Try 'Star of the County Down' (one of my favorite
Howard Levy songs (with Bela Fleck).

Also lots of nice Christmas songs, like:

God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
O Come O Come Emmanuel
We Three Kings

Ken H in OH

--- "Dave Payne Sr." <payneoutdoors@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was thinking about a good way to make an A minor
> Seydel 1847 for a customer, since Seydel doesn't
> offer it yet. Seydel will special tune anything you
> want, but I was looking for something simple I could
> do to retune one here.
>    I was thinking the only thing missing on a C harp
> to play in A minor is a low octave anchor to the A
> minor scale, so you don't have to bend deep for the
> ''Do"" I tuned the 3 blow up to A. Now, the A minor
> scale starts at 3 blow, so you can dip below that. I
> take a C harp, retune one reed and it's an excellent
> A minor. 
>   This tuning is the same, I believe, as Paddy
> Richter. If anybody has a paddy, you might want to
> try some straight harp minor on it. It's awesome. 
> 
> 
> 
>
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