[Harp-L] Re: Masterclass
>From Friday to Sunday Dave Barrett held another great seminar's, with heavy
influence on Big and Little Walters, Dennis Gruenling, Joe Filisko and Kinya
Pollard covered everything else. Then a jam on Friday, where everyone got a
chance to play the Cruncher,. I was glad they got a chance to do a hands on
test. Everyone seemed to give a good response. Gary Smith and myself and Andy
Just started each jam set doing two songs. Gary Smith is now a definite
endorser and sounded great through it, as he does through a lot he plays. On Sat.
Classes then a discussion panel of everyone. Mark Hummel joined in, and there
was a lot of playing going on as part of the discussion, as Dave ran a jam
track groove and we just kept passing the mic. I played after Dennis, which is a
nice place as he sets you up to be more thoughtful and express yourself.
Sunday was classes. There were help rooms where the pros would just sit and
answer questions as part of the program. It was a fun experience with lots of
knowledge, I learned a lot about Big Walter with Dave teaching. Everyone was
cordial as was I, and it was good to talk to customers who maybe you only had
email or phone contact. Thanks Dave for another great time. The students got a
handful and seemed pleased.
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Today's Topics:
1. Fwd: [Harp-L] info forwarded to me by a friend........
(BostonMoeJo)
2. de-embossing and embossing (captron100@xxxxxxx)
3. Harmonica Mexican (victorio montes silva)
4. note refusing to sound after cover plates are attached
(captron100@xxxxxxx)
5. Re: Harmonica Mexican (Emile D'Amico)
6. This is a CLASSIC! (wlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
7. Re: note refusing to sound after cover plates are attached
(David Payne)
8. SPAH (Reach Mann)
9. custom harp building (Chris Reynolds)
10. Weber VST 6x9 speakers? (B Boggs)
11. Re: John Sayles "Honeydripper" (Robert Koch free)
12. Nice Kalamazoo Model 2 for Sale (Robert Ross)
13. Titanium Combs (MundHarp@xxxxxxx)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:53:43 -0400
From: BostonMoeJo <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Fwd: [Harp-L] info forwarded to me by a friend........
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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In a message dated 06/17/08 09:15:07 Eastern Daylight Time, BostonMoeJo
writes:
The film also features my old friend & Handy Award winner and Howlin' Wolf
alum Eddie Shaw (who happens to be a fine harmonica player in his own right.)
playing, surprise!!!, the sax player. Upon release on DVD (next Monday)
it'll be available at the usual outlets (Netflix, Blockbuster, etc.)
In a message dated 06/16/08 21:34:05 Eastern Daylight Time,
wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Iceman wrote:
> Last October, the John Sayles film "Honeydripper" came out and
> had a very limited distribution though it comes out on DVD on
> June 23. It stars Danny Glover, Charles Dutton, Stacy Keach, Keb
> Mo, etc., and takes place in rural Alabama in 1950. It's all
> about the Blues, a juke joint, the first electric guitar in
> Alabama and has a good story line.
One of the best kept secrets of the film is Gary Clark, Jr., the young
man who plays Sonny. Gary is a genuine blues guitarist and singer who
plays locally here in Austin, and let me tell you, this man knows what
he's doing. I haven't seen the movie to know if he can act, but he
plays guitar just like he's ringin' a bell, go go!
-tim
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:17:33 -0400
From: captron100@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] de-embossing and embossing
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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? Thanks to Harp-L I discovered on what to me is a revelation - it's a tool
to remove burrs from the long edges of the reed slots
caused by over-embossing.? It also works well to remove metal along the long
edges of
reeds themselves tho removing metal from reeds affects the tuning.
? The magic tool is simply the very thin metal strip that is obtained by
taking apart one of
those self-adhesive anti-theft devices that are nowadays on
most items that you buy in department stores.? It measures 1 1/2 inches long
x 1/4 inch wide and has a
curvature to it that aids in its use as a scraper.? I love it and
it has greatly improved my ability to emboss.
? I emboss with one stroke
at a time till the reed sticks.? Then i plink to free the reed; I
emboss over and over using this method and when plinking fails to knock
off the burrs, I then use the metal strip to scrape off the burrs.? I do
this several times.? Because my embossing station enables me to see the reed
slot so well, embossing reduces the tolerances to a huge degree.
? Of
course, reed alignment often is needed once the embossing reveals that
the reed is sitting off-kilter in it's slot, so a reed wrench is
needed to re-align the reed.? I got mine for $5 from Bill Rommel.? Lastly,
if i want to go ape, I use a glass cutter to engrave a channel next to the
reed slot at the rivet end - this squashes the metal a bit, in towards the reed
to reduce tolerances.? I sometimes slip with the glass cutter and ruin a
reed, so if anyone has a better way to emboss the reed slot near the rivet, I'd
like to hear it.?
ron
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:30:16 +0000
From: victorio montes silva <silvaharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Harmonica Mexican
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <BAY118-W35FAF60F2E20B991E98C9DA5A80@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello everyone
Today I share with you the blogspot a good friend of mine.
http://armonicademexico.blogspot.com/
Together we are rescuing the tradition of harmonica tremolo in Mexico
They may see photographs of the harmonic most representative in the past
Mexican.
Besides adding new information on an ongoing basis.
To enjoy it and hope your comments.
Atte.
Victorio Montes Silva
04455 1681-5162
_________________________________________________________________
P.D. Checa las nuevas fotos de mi Space
http://home.services.spaces.live.com/
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:25:21 -0400
From: captron100@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] note refusing to sound after cover plates are
attached
To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <8CA9EBEA3408C7F-858-1FD8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
? The problem is fixed.? It
turned out that the reed was refusing to sound when pressure was
applied to either side of the rivet.? It was
caused by my over-embossing the opposite end of the reed slot, at the
very tip.? I don't know whether this is a good thing to do, but i have
been embossing even the end of the slot in an effort to reduce all
tolerances.? I haven't much experience with tip scooping, which seems to do the
opposite of embossing the end of the slot - in other words, the removal of metal at
the end of the reedslot seems like it would create MORE space between the
end of the reed and the end of the slot; whereas embossing creates LESS space
between the two.? Thoughts?
? I was pleasantly surprised to hear John Walden's favorable comments
regarding MS harps, tho disappointed that noone else has yet to corroborate his
assertions that the MS harps play with more volume and power.? Judging by what I
have seen, this should be the opposite, tho I know Hohner has improved
quality after the re-tooling a few years ago.
? It's evidently true what Tim said about the number of screws not being the
whole story re air tightness.? Btw, the MS
Meisterclass that started this thread has 5 screws, plus the cover
screws.? I am now working on a friend's wood combed MS Blues harp.? It has
only TWO screws holding the reedplates together, besides the coverplate
screws.? It's wood has deep grains going
across the tops and bottoms of the wooden tines.? It looks to me that
air will be able to leak under the reedplates from one chamber to the
next.? yuk.? I'll have to gasket this one with Micropore.? Fwiw, the code on
the blow plate reads: 1-216-1011018/1? G-DUR? HOHNER 27/03? L9/KA2.?
Can anyone verify - was this plate mfg'd on the 27th day of 2003?? If
so, that's pretty recent.
? So I am also surprised with John's comment about the MS wood being
superior to the handmade harps wood.? John, how is it superior?
ron
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:20:10 -0400
From: "Emile D'Amico" <EDAmico@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Mexican
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <s857d636.003@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
This is great. I used to play tunes like La paloma and Beseme Mucho with my
friend Juan Avila.
We always thought the harmonica fit these tunes great.
I hope some recordings surface with harmonica in the Mexican Tradition.
Emile Diggs D'Amico
>>> victorio montes silva <silvaharp@xxxxxxxxxxx> 06/17/08 01:30PM >>>
Hello everyone
Today I share with you the blogspot a good friend of mine.
http://armonicademexico.blogspot.com/
Together we are rescuing the tradition of harmonica tremolo in Mexico
They may see photographs of the harmonic most representative in the past
Mexican.
Besides adding new information on an ongoing basis.
To enjoy it and hope your comments.
Atte.
Victorio Montes Silva
04455 1681-5162
_________________________________________________________________
P.D. Checa las nuevas fotos de mi Space
http://home.services.spaces.live.com/
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:51:29 -0400
From: wlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] This is a CLASSIC!
To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <20080617205129.9F0992F95F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I hope you have a half hour to spare to watch these 3 you tubes in
a row. They are 3 sections of an old Twilight Zone episode. This is
so funny and yes there is amazing harmonica content! Actually out
of this world harmonica content! Check out some of the faces on
those actors. Many familier faces from movies and TV. If you just
don't have the time or patience to watch all 3 at least take the
time to watch the final segment...that's where the real harmonica
action is. Forgive me if this has been posted in the past. I was
turned on to it just yesterday by an engineer at a recording studio
I was in yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmSPEj7Q98M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtw_VzJw3tA&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0eps17S3E&feature=related
Warren Bee
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] note refusing to sound after cover plates are
attached
To: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <835415.33986.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
You can get by with very few screws as long as there is no reedplate warpage
and nobody ever overtightens one or more of the screws, because it is all
about FLAT not tight at the reedplate/comb joint. When I played MS, it was a
couple of years, the former was a big problem. You can get by with fewer screws
also on a thicker reedplate. If I think the best design would be a piece of
metal strip about as thick as the reedplate that would distribute the force
from the screw heads evenly, thus ensuring flatness. Or, they could just use
nails and get the same result. ;).
Dave
_____________________________
Dave Payne Sr.
Elk River Harmonicas
www.elkriverharmonicas.com
----- Original Message ----
From: "captron100@xxxxxxx" <captron100@xxxxxxx>
To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:25:21 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] note refusing to sound after cover plates are attached
? The problem is fixed.? It
turned out that the reed was refusing to sound when pressure was
applied to either side of the rivet.? It was
caused by my over-embossing the opposite end of the reed slot, at the
very tip.? I don't know whether this is a good thing to do, but i have
been embossing even the end of the slot in an effort to reduce all
tolerances.? I haven't much experience with tip scooping, which seems to do the
opposite of embossing the end of the slot - in other words, the removal of metal at
the end of the reedslot seems like it would create MORE space between the
end of the reed and the end of the slot; whereas embossing creates LESS space
between the two.? Thoughts?
? I was pleasantly surprised to hear John Walden's favorable comments
regarding MS harps, tho disappointed that noone else has yet to corroborate his
assertions that the MS harps play with more volume and power.? Judging by what I
have seen, this should be the opposite, tho I know Hohner has improved
quality after the re-tooling a few years ago.
? It's evidently true what Tim said about the number of screws not being the
whole story re air tightness.? Btw, the MS
Meisterclass that started this thread has 5 screws, plus the cover
screws.? I am now working on a friend's wood combed MS Blues harp.? It has
only TWO screws holding the reedplates together, besides the coverplate
screws.? It's wood has deep grains going
across the tops and bottoms of the wooden tines.? It looks to me that
air will be able to leak under the reedplates from one chamber to the
next.? yuk.? I'll have to gasket this one with Micropore.? Fwiw, the code on
the blow plate reads: 1-216-1011018/1? G-DUR? HOHNER 27/03? L9/KA2.?
Can anyone verify - was this plate mfg'd on the 27th day of 2003?? If
so, that's pretty recent.
? So I am also surprised with John's comment about the MS wood being
superior to the handmade harps wood.? John, how is it superior?
ron
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:04:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Reach Mann <imreach@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] SPAH
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi Folks,
Am looking at going to SPAH and leaning towards flying unless a car
pool materializes. I'm in Jersey and wondering if anyone, or more, wants to
share expenses
and drive straight through? Could have a good time on the way out and back.
By SPAH time my cracked sternum will be healed. On Fathers Day I
was traveling down a two lane highway at 35 miles an hour and the
unthinkable happened, WHAMM
A lady ran a stop sign and plowed right into me totaling my van. Unlike the
song there was not "one way out". I saw her coming and could do nothing about
it as the collision was unavoidable. So glad I had my seat belt on as the
injuries would have been much worse, as in, picking my teeth
out of the steering wheel. So I've already missed two gigs but I count my
blessing and will do what is needed to get back on track.
Hope it never happens to you and I consider myself lucky as it could have
been much worse.
May the harp be with you.
Reach
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:36:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Reynolds <c_reynolds2571@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] custom harp building
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: harptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <131093.48025.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Due to recent events I will no longer be taking orders for custom
harmonicas. I will still be making them but will only be selling them as I get them
done, the harps will be built up with no filework or etching and when a person
buys one they will have the option of adding the filework and etching if they
want it. I will still be taking orders for the lightweight mics, and the
chromatic combs once I make the combs available.
Chris
http://www.blowyourbrassoff.com
http://www.builderofstuff.com
http://www.myspace.com/builderofstuff
http://www.myspace.com/builderofbluesharps
Just a man, his shop, and a long list of unfinished projects...
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:23:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: B Boggs <ceudoazul@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Weber VST 6x9 speakers?
To: Harp <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <119428.45975.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Hi Jim,
All I can offer is that all the 8, 10, 12 inch speakers in the Valco amps I
have heard sound fantastic in those amps for harp. They have been mostly
Rola field coil and some Jensen.
All round.
The one recone Weber did on '52 eight inch Jensen AlNiCo speaker sounds
great and was used for recording in a little Supro Spectator. All of the speakers
I got from Weber I was satisfied with along with Ted being available to help
choose.
Please let me know when you build it. I bet it will scream.
Best,
Brian
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:57:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Rossen <jimjimdr@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Weber VST 6x9 speakers?
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Anyone have experience with Weber VST 6x9 speakers in a harp amp?
Am thinking about a Sonny Jr 1 style circuit (6L6x2 PP cathode biased
paraphase PI) with three 6x9 speakers in a small cab. I know about
the oval speakers in some Valco amps.
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:33:47 +0200
From: "Robert Koch free" <rok68@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] John Sayles "Honeydripper"
To: <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>, <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <002901c8d0ca$35706a30$17c8a658@platinum>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Thanks to Larry for pointing me to this film, that I didn´t know existed.
Sayles is very discreet, indeed. Of course I couldn´t get it to work on my
computer, these things never do, but I´ll make sure it will be on the
purchase list for my local library.
John Sayles has been almost consistently putting out good -- perhaps
not "great" but certainly good -- films for quite a while. Refreshingly
different from the Hollywood formula. And at times a harmonica
crops up, as on this one, I gather, after seing Mike Turk on the
soundtrack listing. Who also could be heard on "Lone star". "City of hope"
had a harp in it, if memory serves, but don´t know who played.
Cheers,
Martin
It's a brilliant movie about how different people, rich and poor, black and
white, relate to each other, set at a crossroad of the blues history, when
the music went up north, leaped to the city and came back south,
electrified... A sheer joy to watch... and listen too!
Thanks for sharing, Ice.
Sunnyside
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Ross <robertaross@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Nice Kalamazoo Model 2 for Sale
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <76640.34990.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Folks,
I've been moving this week and unfortunately need to let go of a few things,
including my beloved Kalamazoo. I am going to list it on eBay, but thought
you guys would like the first shot at buying this almost MINT model 2 first. I
bought it just a couple of years ago, when I was with a small band, but we
broke up shortly after, so this unit has gotten very little use. It was
recapped by the previous owner, so looks great and sound great with very little
hum. I am asking $349.95 for Harp-L folks only (my eBay reserve), which is
consistent with current prices for recapped Kalamazoos of this quality (based on
what they go for on eBay and at BlowsMeAway.com for a really clean one like
this.
Click here for some pictures:
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=149065&image=144053649&;
images=144052406,144052712,144053000,144053274,144053649,144053906,144054160&f
ormats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0&lgdin=1
As a harp amp, the Kalamazoo is hard to beat. I used it for small gigs, and
mic'd it when needed with excellent results. Sounded great both with my
vintage 70's Green Bullet and my custom-made JT-30. Email me off list for more
info or any questions.
Thanks,
Robert Ross
www.RawFoodLife.com
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:54:19 EDT
From: MundHarp@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Titanium Combs
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <c2e.34f758be.35899a9b@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hello,
I simply want to pass on Mark Lavoie's web site relating to his titanium
combs:
_http://www.middlebury.net/lavoie/order.html#titanium_
(http://www.middlebury.net/lavoie/order.html#titanium)
The only interest I have is that Mark Lavoie builds WONDERFUL Hohner MS
based custom harmonicas.
Back in 1997 at SPAH in Detroit, Vern Smith and I carried out a tone test
seminar, using combs made of various different materials.
The audience could not tell the difference!
But as a musician, the best PLAYNG harp was one with Mark Lavoie's titanium
comb.
What really matters is stability, reflectivity, and playability; (in my
opinion)
If like me you like the slightly larger "MS" style of diatonic,
Get yourself a Mark Lavoie custom titanium diatonic. I haven't played any
better!
Best wishes
John Walden
London
England.
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