Re: [Harp-L] piccolo harmonica

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a prewar Seydel Bandmaster in High G, it is 10 holes, has a Hohner-like hole spacing from the 30s. It's a half inch shorter than my regular Bandmaster. 
I used to have a prewar Vest Pocket, it was A, I gave it away a while back. It was a little shorter than a Marine Band, as I remember, but it was a regular A.
Dave
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Dave Payne Sr. 
Elk River Harmonicas
www.elkriverharmonicas.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: funharp <funharp@xxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] piccolo harmonica

Hi,

as far as I remember, the Piccolo was made in all 12 keys, but only the 
keys of G, G#, A were an octave higher than standard Marine Band tuning.

I still have a C, D and F Piccolo and they are standard tuning, and I 
have two A and one G, both are tuned like today's "high G" or "high A."

Like smojo my memory becomes weaker, so I had a look in an old Hohner 
catalogue from the early 1980s and found my memory veryfied. But: I 
don't know if the Piccolos were made in other tunings in earlier times. 
That could be possible, because Hohner has changed things very often.

Nowadays the piccolo is only available in the key of C.

Greetings,

Otto

PS: When I started playing harp back in 1978, I first got a Hohner Blues 
Harp in C and then a Piccolo in D, because someone had told me that John 
Mayall used a Piccolo for "Room To Move". I still don't know if that is 
true...



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