Re: [Harp-L] Stevie wonder harp ...

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On the CBS Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life TV special the other night, he was playing a Suzuki SCX-64, which surprised me a bit, as he usually plays the higher-end Sirius. Of course he made the SCX sound great. Older footages shown depicted him with a Hohner Super 64x, which is what he played before he started playing the Sirius. He's still officially a Hohner endorser.

He does have his harps worked on by techs. Years ago it was Frank Huang when the Huang brothers still worked for Hohner. More recently there's a guy who works on his current harps but he doesn't want to compromise the confidentiality of his dealings with SW's people.
 
Winslow Yerxa
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From: Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "dfwhoot@xxxxxxxxx" <dfwhoot@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Harp L. Harp L. <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stevie wonder harp ...


Suzuki Sirius 64. 

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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:29 PM, dfwhoot@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Anyone know what model chromatic harp Stevie performs with? Does anyone do the custom work on them?
> 
> Jerl