Re: [Harp-L] re:Richter+ tuning

[Dale Dutridge <daledut@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm in the spiral camp now. But I used PR tuning in first position for many
years.
On May 11, 2014 8:43 AM, "Robert Hale" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OH, NO! the ultimate would be the Spiral tuning! <grin>
> Yeah, THAT's the one the world should adopt right away!
> (Seriously, there's room for all of us...Now go and play the harp of your
> choice!)
>
> Robert Hale
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> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > Nobody got rid of Padd Richter. Except for one guy, the one who made the
> > original post. He came up with the name "Richter+." He believes Paddy to
> be
> > superior to standard tuning and has stated to me that his belief that
> > enormous benefits would result if harmonica manufacturers were to switch
> to
> > Paddy as their standard harmonica tuning.
> >
> > However, note his sweeping and rather negative characterization of the
> > music played on standard tuning.
> >
> > Winslow
>