[Harp-L] Re: Seydel Spiral (Circular) Tuning

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

You'd have to ask Seydel to know their reason for sure.

I suspect that the reason may have to do with their perception that having notes below tonic of the scale is desirable, as many melodies go below the tonic note of the scale.

For instance, they produce their so-called "Orchestra-tuned" chromatics that are in C but start on G below middle C.

They also have a solo-tuned 10-hole diatonic model, The Orchestra S (based on the Session Steel model) that is likewise in Orchestra tuning. At the Harmonica Collective next week, we'll have one of those harmonicas, donated by Seydel USA, in our Saturday auction/raffle.

Winslow


 
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 From: Harmonicology [Neil Ashby] <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2:16 PM
Subject: Seydel Spiral (Circular) Tuning
 

To complete that concept then the (circular-tuned) harmonica that Seydel has labeled as "C" should be labeled as "F" and the (circular-tuned) harmonica that Seydel has labeled as "D" should be labeled as "G" et cetera, et cetera.

Was there any reason other than usual pattern for the Richter-tuned 2nd position then that Seydel put the tonic on draw-2 instead of draw-1?

/Neil Ashby (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")