Re: [Harp-L] Reinventing the harmonica... again

["Doug H" <dough.harpl@xxxxxxxxx>]

I could not open the link at the top of your post but I did open the link at the bottom.  My thoughts are that you won't get much interest until you have a video of a prototype on youtube.  Do you have a prototype?

Doug H


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: the ursprachist ursprach 
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  Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 2:04 PM
  Subject: [Harp-L] Reinventing the harmonica... again


  http://s3.amazonaws.com/files.posterous.com/theursprachist/6W93zDxPpC9hNW8IPoZrFvGpSiXXEAfcaom9LRcfur2KKrIl0zJFXfyKUhCr/reinventing.png.scaled.1000.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=1C9REJR1EMRZ83Q7QRG2&Expires=1288382864&Signature=Jl005qX5DY8zsn%2FjYM13ma61nlM%3D

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  Picture 1: Works as a usual diatonic harmonica. Slides stay at position 0,
  pincers at rest, airbag's contents half inside and half outside the discrete
  chambers.

  Picture 2: Overbend. Slide at maximum negative position, pincers squeezed
  all of the airbag inside the discrete chambers.


  Picture 3: Valved bends, i.e. single reed bends and overbends on the lowest
  pitched reed of the hole become possible.

  Picture 4: If slide's position is more than 0 and less than max, the pitch
  decreases. If slide's position is less than 0 and more than -max, the pitch
  increases.

  Picture 5: All the harmonica. Airbags, pincers and slideboard.

  Picture 6: Another model. The tiny microphone near the gap captures the
  pitch and sends this data to a microchip which opens a pre-programmed,
  desired chamber that corresponds to this pitch, which contains an airbag
  adjusted by slides to the desired volume. This model has the advantage of
  leaving the musician hands-free while performing, and making some technical
  tricks easier, especially if he chooses to touch the slideboard while he
  plays the harmonica.

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  Read "discrete chambers" as "just like Suzuki Overdrive's, but bigger".
  These two models offer Winslow Yerxa's Discrete Comb advantages without
  requiring you to do tricky embouchures. It also delivers the advantages of
  the XB-40 and the chromatic harmonica without compromising airtightness and
  responsiveness. This model does not require the musician to afford multiple
  harmonicas, one for each range or tuning: the slideboard may change the
  tuning on the run, while he plays, without ever touching the reeds."

  Originally posted at
  http://theursprachist.blogspot.com/2010/10/reinventing-harmonica-again.html
   ,
  by myself
  let me hear your thoughts on this
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