Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Low E, F

["Rob Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanx Winslow,


I think the difference is when we hear a British Player on record from the 
60's, there was a 12 hole  harmonica only available to the UK Market by 
Hohner it was the equivalent of the Hohner Marine Band 364. Called the 'Echo 
Vamper' and was made in ALL keys so the F you may have heard could have been 
a F Echo Vamper which gave you the lower octave...

The Reason I ask is I'm tryin to determone the harmonica that John Lennon 
played on the Beatles recording of "Please Please Me".
Pat Missin's excellent research suggest and I concur, that John was probably 
using an "E" Chromatic....but it is possible he played the lick on an "E" 
Echo Vamper....to my ears the Timbre on the recording sounds like a 
Chromatic Harmonica.
http://www.patmissin.com/ffaq/q29.html

Ofcourse a skilled player could play this on a C Chromatic, but that would 
have been a bit too difficult for John's style of playing on the 
instrument....what do y'all think....or to our UK Friends what have you 
heard?

Best,
Rob Paparozzi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Low E, F


> I remember that John Mayall was recording with a Low F in the late 1960s 
> ("I
> Heard Sonny Boy Blow" on The Blues Alone), but that those low keys were 
> not
> available in Canada at the time. Possibly true for the US as well?
>
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rob Paparozzi <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 10:42:13 AM
> Subject: [Harp-L] Hohner Low E, F
>
> I'm doing some research and tryin to find out about waht year Hohner 
> starting
> producing the Low E & F Diatonics?
>
>
> thanks.
> Rob Paparozzi