Re: [Harp-L] Turbuharp ELX electric harp

[David Priestley - Press & PR <dmharpman@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Hi Jens

to say

"Could be that the video is not too convincing"

Makes you a master of understatement. I have asked them questions but their presentation just confuses me. Does any one
on the list understand their idea and if so could they tell me how it would do what a Mic. or even a pick up does.

I could understand the idea of an optical trigger but a trigger seems a long way from doing what a Mic or pick-up does.

The bending is an interaction of two reeds in a chamber to get both pitch and tone, what does the trigger do in the case of
 the C sharp bend on draw 4 on a C  harp. as both reeds, the C and the D reed will be vibrating, though one of the reeds is
 doing most of the work.

Am I just being really stupid ?

I like the concept of a 'les paul' moment/device for the harp but I don't understand how this is it, help me out here,
I'm a bear of very little brain as 'Winny the Phoo' would say.
yours David



On 24/06/2011 08:07, Jens Juel wrote:
> Dear fellow harpers,
>
> I've been off this list for a while and thus not updated on whether there's
> been a discussion of this subject here. However please allow me draw your
> attention to this project (to which I contribute along with (too) few other
> interested and curious people. Apart from that I'm in no way involved with
> this highly interesting project:
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/turboharp/turboharp-elx-the-electric-harmonica-of-the-future
>
> Could be that the video is not too convincing but absolutely a project worth
> supporting - whadda ya' think?
>
> Best regards
>
> Jens Juel

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