Re: [Harp-L] Custom Harmonicas-----Is it worth it?

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can second that. When Neil came to North America on a visit a few years back, he laid on me a customized Marine Band in C and and MS harp with his  custom wood comb in A. Both were fantastic harps. Not for overblows, but (for me) for acoustic playing. They delivered huge amounts of energy at any playing volume, and could be played amazingly loudly.

When Tony came to SPAH a few years later, he let me try the harp he had brought that reflected further development in Neil's craft, and I was again very gratified to experience how much Neil had further refined his craft since I'd first met him.

Winslow


--- On Fri, 4/18/08, Tony Eyers <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Tony Eyers <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Custom Harmonicas-----Is it worth it?
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, April 18, 2008, 8:25 PM
> Time for an Australian two cents worth. I've long been a
> user of Neil 
> Graham custom instruments (www.neilgraham.com.au). They
> provide enormous 
> presence in acoustic sessions, and are much easier to
> negotiate in fast 
> tunes, as they leak far less than off the shelf
> instruments. In 
> particular, they shine when recording, partly due to the
> range of tonal 
> variation which they allow.  I play Neil's deluxe
> models, which are 
> based on Hohner Meisterklasse plates.
> 
> A great memory for me was SPAH 2005, where I handed many
> unsuspecting 
> players one of Neil's instruments, and invited them to
> play it. The 
> response was almost uniform amazement.
> 
> Other players of custom instruments  report similar
> experiences on this 
> list. For those wavering, my recommendation is to just go
> ahead and get one.
> 
> Tony Eyers
> Australia
> www.harmonicatunes.com
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