Re: [Harp-L] Historical: Just Intonation

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert asked:
"When did early blues harp players begin tuning reeds for Just Intonation?"

As soon as they tried to tune harps to factory specs.

"What tuning schemes did Hohner and others manufacture in the first few

decades?"

By the time Hohner started making harmonicas, a lot of stuff was pretty much set in stone by then. There are some examples of the harps James Bazin made in the U.S.A. back in the
1830s that have survived, but they are way too out of tune to figure out what the intonation was. But I think the moment Richter note placement was created, it would have 
been Just intonation. Seydel used Just Intonation from 1847 until 2006.

David