Re: [Harp-L] The silent harmonica

[Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>]

There are "practice booths" made for horn players,etc. They are very
expensive to buy, but perhaps you can get some ideas from these links and
try to build your own:

http://www.whisperroom.com/sound-booth-applications-practice.php

http://www.acousticbooth-studiobox.com/application_practice.php

Oh, here's someone with an idea for a cheap do-it-yourselfer.

http://mahatmamusic.com/sound-proof-mini-practice-booth/

I remember someone a while back was working on a practice mute for
harmonica.
It may have even been a school project--if I remember correctly. Give us a
shout if you've had some success.

Eric








On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:34 PM, martin oldsberg
<martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Becuse of a move to a new apartment I´m faced with a nasty problem: it´s
> not sound proof here. I´ve been spoiled for many years with blasting away
> on my harmonica, record player, or various instruments day and night
> regardless of neighbours. Never had a complaint: either the´ve been deaf,
> scared of me or just un-disturbed. (Probably the latter, due to a solid
> house construction.)
>
> Different story now, and I´m not planning to make my next door neighbour
> an enemy: he seems rather a nice guy, but it´s apparent that he hears too
> much of me, even in the daytime.
>   My only solution so far is playing the music I´m playing along with
> (that´s my usual way of practicing; also it drowns some of the harmonica
> shrillness) at a more moderate volume, and wrapping the harp in a T-shirt
> or something. Awkward. But it still sounds too loud.
>
> Any ideas here are welcome. You who have your own houses, garages,
> attics, basements, woodsheds or simply Mother Nature at your disposal can
> just lean back in your easy chairs and keep smiling, but if you want to
> live in the heart of a city this is something you have to take into the
> equation.
>
> Cheers,
> from
> Martin,
> in downtown Gothenburg,
> Sweden.
>