Made a new Concerto video today. I am very confident this is the first time an octave harmonica has been overblown on youtube.
---------- David
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
Very cool! So, when you hit the overblow is it just the regular/higher octave reed that's sounding? In other words, is it possible to overblow hole 6 for example, and get both octaves to overblow at the same time?
I also find it amazing that the overblows are possible, considering the way the reeds are side by side on the plate. Again, very cool.
You can't overblow the bottom reedplate becayse it is fully valved. Even if that weren't true, I don't know if you can overblow two at the same time. I couldn't, but I'm no Todd P.
It's only been very recently that the overblow was even possible - on earlier ones you couldn't get them, one reason was the top reedplate of the instrument was half-valved in some places and fully valved in others. I didn't think the reeds would overblow, being side by side instead of across from one another, but it was easy. I was really surprised by how easy it was.
---------- David
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
Ah, I see... didn't realize there were valves on the lower set of reeds. Still, this is really neat. Love the sound of the fat chords better than anything.
AW, I am very happy you like it. yours would have been the first one sold with overblow capability. originally, they were half valved on that top reedplate. There's a very specific set of procedures I've come up with to make it work and do something the harmonica was never intended for, but is perfect for and keep the cost where it is. It's a very unusual build, it has to play on top like a diatonic, but be balanced so there is even response when you play both sides. That's one reason the bottom reedplate is fully valved, the other of course is conservation of air. When you play a full chord, you have the same number of reeds and I believe the same note configuration as a 48 chord, which is also true of the stock Seydel Concerto.
---------- David
____________________ At the time of his birth, it was widely accepted that no one man could play that much music so well or raise that much hell. He proved them all wrong. R.I.P. H. Cecil Payne
