Re: [Harp-L] Re: Solo-Tremolo-Single Hole?

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Seydel Fanfare isn't built on the traditional tremolo body, where you have the a comb slot allocated to each hole, so to play two, you gotta breathe through four holes. The Fanfare is essentially a Chromatic DeLuxe that has been tremolo tuned and the slide and slide channel removed, so you've also got a more comfortable mouthpiece.

It is $74.95 and available in A, Bb, C, D, G... but, you can also have one special-made at the factory for $129.95... the standard C is C4=1blow, but you can have one special-made as low as C3. The special-making makes a complete set of keys possible, in addition to the five offered keys, you can get B, Db, Eb, E, F and F#. The special-making opens up some largely unchartered ground with the Tremolo. Tremolo circular? Possible. Bebop, minor, whatever. Irish players... Tremolo Paddy Richter. 


The Fanfare:
http://www.elkriverharmonicas.com/tremolo.html

Dave
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:59:52 +1000
> From: "Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Solo-Tremolo-Single Hole?
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> Dear Reeders;
>                          I seem to recall something on harp-l a little while back about one of the manufacturers producing a tremolo that differed from previous models in that the blow and draw reeds were all played via one hole, rather than having to move, or use a large lip-aperture to shift from blow to draw and vice-versa.
>                        So that's the first part of my query.
>                        Next part is solo-tuned tremolos ie NOT the chord tuned setup where draw 2 and blow 3 are the same, but holes 1-4 being the same setup as the middle octave on a diatonic or the setup on the chromatic (but probably not with the repeated first positon keynote)
>                        What I'd like, is a harp that combines the single hole tremolo setup with solo tuning, but I may be being too hopeful.
>                        I want this for a specific purpose, which is to play on some African Hi-life type stuff, sounding deliberately un-sophisticated harmonically, but rhythmically and melodically interesting (I hope)
> with the crazy fairground sound of the trem.
>                        The standard chord tuned trem. just doesn't work for me.
>                        My inspiration for this endeavour is the late Roy Richards, of Jamaica, whose playing I've always dug.
>                        OK, I'm doing my world-music-guy alchemist thing here; but I think it would sound good.
> RD

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