[Harp-L] Re: piccolo harmonica aka Vest Pocket Harp

[martin oldsberg <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aha, that solves something! 
  The other day I was listening to Ringo Starr and the country album he did in 1970 w/ lots of Nashville players, among them Charlie Mccoy. 
  On the track "Coochy coochy", which is in E, Charlie M is playing 2 pos one octave up from standard (and you can hear bends on third and fifth), sounds just like a Marine Band.  This had me a bit confused, it didn´t seem like 12 pos -- but then I suppose he can be playing a Vest Pocket, or Piccolo?
 
  Cheers,
  Martin
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:01:25 -0700
From: fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx>

The Late 70's catalogue I'm looking at lists A,Bb,C,D,E,F and G as the 
key possibilities.  In that era the A and the G were pitched an octave 
higher than a standard 10 hole.  Going back to 1950 the catalogue states 
available in all keys with the footnote that all keys means the list 
above.  My 1930 catalogues says the same thing, all keys meaning the 6 
not 12.  By 1927 I can't find the Piccolo listed.  fjm