Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: twin harmonica system

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Mr. Price: Brendan has already mentioned first that the Twin Harmonica  
items he showed in the video are PROTOtypes--and further that there are all  
sorts of possibilities available as he progresses with this brilliant and  
innovative idea, i.e. doing precisely what Richard Hunter asks: allowing  for 
switching out of other chromatics. 
 
This is the second negative comment you've made about the cost....the first 
 along the lines of 'taking a second mortgage on one's home' or asking if 
Brendan  would help 'finance' the costs. As Richard and others point out, 
spending the  time, energy, effort and money involved in developing new ideas 
and  inventions (not to mention the cost of the CAD/milling machines), needs 
to be  recouped by the inventor or he's apt to go broke long before bringing 
these  instruments to market.
 
I don't recall Brendan claiming buying his system will 'make anyone a  
better player' as you seem to imply. Rather, it removes distracting  obstacles 
from the path of one striving to be a better  player. Shouldn't that be the 
aim of all musical innovations?  
 
The costs of custom harps are by comparison also extremely expensive given  
that they too use existing harmonica combs/bodies. I haven't read many  
complaints from their purchasers. 
 
While I realize you consider your idea of bolting two harps together  also 
'innovative'...so many others have previously either stacked harps together  
(Jia-Yi He is one example) or created devices to hold them together to play 
 in conjunction with each other (someone on Slidemeister recently posted a 
photo  of such a wooden clamping system he built some time ago). Marv Monroe 
of Buckeye  and SPAH plays two XB-40's (C&C#) in a specially modified harp 
holder  while playing guitar to lead play-alongs at SPAH for mostly 
chromatic players.  He's been doing this for umpteen years (as long as I've been 
attending SPAH) but  could easily change them to any other key if he chose. 
 
I'm sorry if others haven't taken to your bolting system--but you  needn't 
then shoot arrows at Brendan who IS and has long-since been  someone who 
takes risks to create innovative products for harmonica players. It  purely 
smacks of sour grapes and will likely result in turning away some  who might 
well have been originally interested in your idea. If you see his  invention 
as somehow infringing on yours, it doesn't... remotely. Brendan's  single 
mouthpiece for two separate chromatics--and the locking system for the  buttons 
is completely unusual and removes any 'delay' without  excessive strain by 
the player as far as I've seen and heard from his  demonstration.
 
Elizabeth
 
"Message: 13
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 04:30:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: william  price <promultis33@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: twin harmonica  system
To: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,  "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx"
_harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

Richard, "some things don't come cheap". Deal with it! I hope you're not  
trying to cheat your way into a better deal at Mr. Powers' expense. I may 
order  two or three... just think how good I'll finally be! 

On Tuesday,  December 2, 2014 3:54 PM, Richard Hunter 
<turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:


Brendan,

Wil you offer this system in harness-only  form, i.e. Will a buyer have the 
option to purchase the harness only and attach  any instruments that the 
buyer already owns?

Thanks, richard  hunter