Re: [Harp-L] Vest Pocket Harp / Piccolo Keys (was Don Brooks)

[Peter Madcat Ruth <madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I still have and still play my Vest Pocket Harps in High G and High A.

Peter Madcat Ruth
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On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Steve Baker wrote:

> Hohner used to make these models in high G, Ab and A as well as in regular C (and possibly other keys, but that's what I've seen myself). I bought high G and high A Piccolos after hearing Charlie McCoy's work on Steve Miller's "Number 5" album, which preceded his huge breakthrough with "The Joker". 
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> Years later I had the pleasure of playing a recording session in Hamburg with Charlie. One of the tunes was in Eb and I had no Ab harp to play in 2nd position, so Charlie kindly lent me his Vest Pocket Harp in high Ab. What a gentleman :-)
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