Subject: Re: [Harp-L] new Hohner Crossover comments , Message-ID: <200910161331.02527.frank@pimpi.org>

["David Godman" <daveyg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Frank , Davey G, here from New Zealand.
When you talk about JI and ET tuneings , what exactly are these terms? and what are the differences from the brands ?. I do know that Lee Oskars are tuned at 441 and they sound abit brighter !. I am a harp player and by no means a tech on setting up the harps sound , I have always been an outta the box harp player , I can not visualise any of the old timers tuneing their harps as the players do nowdays , their sound was different  I know the Hohners were tuned in by the human ear before we had the electronic tuneing devices. 
I have found that some diatonic harps are better for toungueing than others some harps do not have harmony when "Vamped", please can you tell me why this is ? and which harps you would say are bettter for toungueing than others and why please?.
Davey G.   New Zealand .



From: Frank Evers <frank@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] new Hohner Crossover comments
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Am Freitag, 16. Oktober 2009 schrieb mike peace:
> I was expecting it to be tuned in just intonation like the marine
>  band i guess,

No, it's not tuned in JI, and it'd marketed as being compromised. The 
name "Crossover" is meant to describe the the compromise between JI 
and ET.

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Gruß,Frank

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