Re: [Harp-L] Johnny Cash harps was: Buying harps on Ebay

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Michael Peloquin wrote:

> > Elizabeth posts:
> > As someone who actually has bought harmonicas on EBay, I was very  
> > curious > about just how the seller could prove the provenance of  
> > these marine bands, so > wrote to ask him if he had any proof  
> > other than his word..and just got back > a response, the gist of  
> > which was:
> > 4)They're in B and F (in answer to the many questions he's gotten  
> > about the > keys).
>
>
>     They looked like Bb and F, which would be the standard 2 harps  
> for OBS ala Charlie McCoy, Johnny Cash and even me (in a previous  
> life) This kinda helps with the authenticity, as only a harp player  
> and one experienced in country music, at that, would know which 2  
> harps to pair together.

This is hilarious. I use an F and an Eb. Instead of using the Bb on  
the blow (for those pesky 8 notes), I use the Eb on the DRAW (for 9  
notes). Sooo, I would have never noticed that pairing.

smo-joe


> Still not worth anything at all to me. The Johnny Cash fanatic with  
> a lot of johnny-cash would probably love them.Michael Peloquin  
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