[Harp-L] Re: PT and half valving

[PT Gazell <pt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While I do appreciate the kind words about my playing, it was actually
Brendan Power who conceived the idea of half valving a diatonic. My small
contribution to his brilliant idea is that I found what I think is a better
valve and what I think is a good reed setup to play half valved. The result
is what is called the Gazell Method half valved diatonic from Seydel. For
more info on these you can check out my website:

http://www.ptgazell.com/Gazell_Method_Harmonics.html

And in the interest of full discloser Jon Kip and I are good friends and I
read right in between the lines of his post and was laughing out loud :))


Later

PT

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On 2/4/13 8:29 PM, "JON KIP" <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It was brought to my attention by a friend, that I appeared, to those who make
> logical deductions, to  unwittingly take exception to PT's pitch on his
> custom-made, self-invented half-valved non-chromatic harmonica machine
> 
> That was certainly not my intention.... I was brought  to his playing when
> someone told me he thought my playing sounded like a chromatic player's
> version of PT's diatonic playing... I listened to it and he was right.
> I bought a couple of his instruments, and half valved a set  of golden
> melodies, and worked on them a bit... and then realized that at my age, I
> don't have time to meet my musical standards on them while working on the
> chromatic, so put them aside for a later time....
> 
> I'm sending PT a certificate, suitable for framing,  attesting to his
> musicality, which includes pitch.
> 
> Forgive me, I'm one of those snotty, mostly-retired studio musicians who can
> play but can't think all that clearly.
> 
> 
> jk
> 
> 
> jon kip
> player of silly music, mostly written by dead people, who only occasionally
> complain.
> 
> http://passtheblame.com/jon_vs_smile.html
> http://passtheblame.com/jon_vs_scrapple.html
> 
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