[Harp-L] Which Chromatic Harmonica - 12 or 14 hole?

[Opus314 .]

Vern, I'm confused about the Orchestra tuning.
Both my CX12 and my Swan 1664 have the same relative tuning... meaning...


*SLIDE IN -- SLIDE OUT*

*C blow 1  -- C# blow 1*

*D draw 1 -- D# draw 1*
*E blow 2 -- *F blow 2

*F draw 2 -- F# draw 2*

*G blow 3 -- G# blow 3*

*A draw 3 -- A# draw3*
*B draw 4 -- *C draw 4
*C blow 5 -- C# blow 5*
etc and repeats on up the harp until you run out of holes
(Playing the large bold holes is my favorite way to play the chromatic
scale)

So if you blow 1 on the orchestra tuning harmonica you get the G that you
would normally get by blowing 3 on a traditional C tuned chromatic... right?

thanks.






On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:58 PM Vern <jevern at xxxxx> wrote:

> My favorite harp is a Seydel Deluxe with steel reeds.  Instead of a
> 14-holer, consider the “Orchestra” tuning.  Key of C but G3 in hole one.
> Same tuning as your 16-holer but missing holes 1,2,15,16.  That range will
> probably cover 99.9% of everything you will want to play.
>
> Stainless steel reeds have much longer fatigue life than do copper-alloy
> (brass, bronze) reeds.
>
> Vern
>
> > On Apr 21, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Opus314 . <opus314 at xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I've been playing around with the chromatic some. I have a Swan Chromatic
> > 64 and a Honer CX12.
> >
> > I'm thinking about buying complimenting the CX12 with another 12
> > hole...and/or a 14 hole.
> >
> > What do you guys suggest?
> >
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