Re: [Harp-L] Oberblow beginner

[Javier Dardón <javier.dardon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot friends for all your good advices.

2012/8/2 Larry Sandy <slyou65@xxxxxxxxx>

> Yes, all these suggestions are good advice.  I've learned a lot from many
> web sources and a few fellow harpers.  I also choose to take advantage of
> some Harp-L experts' services with perhaps lofty expectations on a few
> select favorites.  This week I purchased an MB brass comb, onto which I
> flattened and installed new Big River reed plates ( because I already had a
> set).  I compared it to an identical factory sample and it blew the factory
> unit away.  Let me tell you that this harp is exceeding my expectations a
> great deal.  It overblows, overdraws and plays very easily- both quietly
> and loud.  Next I will be doing a little reed tweaking and make a nice
> spalted oak cover just because.   I'll be buying more great combs real soon!
>
>  Keep learning and improving, Javier, and soon you will become an expert.
>
> Lockjaw Larry
> Breathing Music daily
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* Robert Rowe <robertrowe2@xxxxxxx>
> *Cc:* Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; "javier.dardon@xxxxxxxxx" <
> javier.dardon@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:38 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Harp-L] Oberblow beginner
>
> All good advice no doubt. But even the best custom will play up at some
> stage, so it's always best, gradually at least, to learn to work on the
> reeds yourself. There is certainly enough info. around these days to make
> giving it a go not that hard. My 'pocket' harp is always one I've tweaked
> myself, and is forever a work in progress. For all it's shortcomings, it's
> always closer to what I want than any customiser can do.
> RD
>
> On 3 August 2012 02:56, Robert Rowe <robertrowe2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > You really need to get someone like Mike Fugazzi to tweak your harp so
> > that it overblows and overdraws well without sticking. Alternatively, you
> > can buy a Suzuki Firebreath which works right out of the box. I have a G
> > that I've never played, and I had never even attempted an overblow, and I
> > overblew 4 on the very first try. 5 and 6 worked first time too, as did
> > overdrawing 7 and 8. I got the Peterson out and checked the pitch, and I
> > was pretty darned close for an absolute beginner.
> >
> > Full of myself, and wondering what all the fuss was about, I tried the
> > same techniques on my G Crossover. I got everything from a windy zero to
> > barely catching the slightest instance of a pitch shift. Clearly, my
> > success with the Firebreath was due entirely to the harp's design.
> >
> > I got my Firebreath from Ron Hobdy at rockinronsmusic4less.com. There's
> > also a Pureharp Suzuki with the same comb and reed plates, but with solid
> > rosewood covers that allegedly deepen the already dark tone of the
> > Firebreath.
> >
> > If you have the patience, the best customizers in the world are right
> here
> > on this list.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Javier DardÃn <javier.dardon@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Friends, I'm an overblow beginner, by the moment I'm overblowing on
> > holes 1 and 4 of a C Lee Oskar, but sometimes the blow reed get stuck
> after
> > the oberblow, so I can't immediately blow after the overblow. Any idea?
> > >
> > > Any help will be welcome.
> > > Regards
> > > Javier DardÃn
> > > Javier DardÃn
> > >
> >
> >
>
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Javier DardÃn