Re: [Harp-L] Howard Levy overblows out of the box
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- From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:22:15 -0500
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"G. E. Popenoe" wrote:
<A truly great musician can make art bangin' two rocks together.
True enough. But you get different art with granite rocks than you do
with sandstone rocks.
Howard mentioned at the seminar in NYC that Hohner harps are the only
brand he knows of that can sustain an overblow, and when I had trouble
bending an overblow up, he advised that it was the harp. He could
apparently tell that without even knowing what make and model of harp it
was, just by the sound of the overblow.
I have a few Suzuki Firebreaths, and they're supposedly designed for
overblowing, so I'll give them a try. I also have a Turboharp AX
(modified Special 20) that's setup for overblows, and I'll give that a
shot too.
And a few hundred hours spent banging bebop-style rocks together
wouldn't hurt me either, I reckon.
Regards, Richard Hunter
hunterharp.com
harmonica blog at http://myspace.com/richardhunterharp
Latest mp3s always at http://broadjam.com/rhunter
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