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

[the ursprachist ursprach <theursprachist@xxxxxxxxx>]

No.
I'm sending this to luthiers I know in order to avoid duplication of effort.
So, if it turns out that nobody on harp-l had ever attempted this before,
I'll do the prototype.

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Doug H <dough.harpl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  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
>
>
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> 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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> "*
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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.
>
> *
>
> 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
> *
>
>