Re: [Harp-L] Solder retune - practical limits?



This is the tuning I did for Jay Norem--
Or whatever he is calling himself on this list.
He is Human Guy on Slidemeister.
I just jotted down this tuning for natural minor today.
Seems like it would be very useful.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> To extemporise tangentially on this thread, I thought I might mention my
> overcoming the frustration of wanting
> to play in E, second position, but wanting some higher pitches. No, I don't
> want to tune a high G up a tone;
> definitely a health hazard. So I tuned an F to A: On the blow plate the Fs
> (holes 1,4,7,10) go down to E and the Cs (holes 3, 6 9) go to C#
> On the draw plate, the Gs (holes 1, 4 and 8) go to G# the C (hole 2) to B,
> the Bbs  (hole 5, 9) to B.
> It's the same layout as a standard harp, but with an extra hole at the
> bottom and one less at the top.
> Pretty easy to do, easy to play, and useful, as far as I'm concerned.
> Maybe someone else might find it handy.
> RD
>
>
>
> On 4 August 2015 at 06:24, Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:06 AM, Blunt White <playharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Solder retune - practical limits?
> > >
> >
> > âI have successfully lowered, and play, Lee Oskar Low F to low C, 5
> > semitones down with solder.
> > That's the limit for me because, the reed is almost half-covered in
> solder,
> > and becomes a little too stiff to flex.â
> >
> > But I like them!
> >
> > My set is the factory Low F
> > Low E
> > Low D
> > and Low C
> >
> > Robert Hale
> > Serious Honkage in Arizona
> > youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL
> > DUKEofWAIL.com
> >
>



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