Re: [Harp-L] low tuned harps for Rice Miller

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

The 12-hole Marine Band #364 model is currently available in Low C, Low D, and G. The recordings of him I've heard from the early 1960s, including concert film, seem to use only the Low C and Low D. If he used other low keys, I haven't heard them.
 
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 From: "philharpn@xxxxxxx" <philharpn@xxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:30 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] low tuned harps for Rice Miller
 

Has anyone been using the low tuned harps for Sonny Boy II (Rice Miller) tunes?


He used the 12-hole richter tuned Marine Bands that used to be available in several keys before only C was available.


These harps had a low first octave (lower than the standard 10-hole).


And since this is the main focus of Rice Miller, why not? Since the harps he used are no longer available.


Phil