Rick Davis
1866 posts
May 31, 2013
11:20 AM
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Ronnie posted this photo to Facebook today. He says these are his harps that "sound good and play well." Impressive.
I count about 70. My kit is about half that.
How many "good" harps do you have?
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Last Edited by Rick Davis on May 31, 2013 11:21 AM
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HawkeyeKane
1722 posts
May 31, 2013
12:11 PM
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Thanks to MP, I have about 30 or so that play well and are in tune. :-) Thanks again Mark!
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tookatooka
3326 posts
May 31, 2013
12:36 PM
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I think I could only see 2 Special 20's.
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timeistight
1244 posts
May 31, 2013
1:29 PM
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I wonder how he organizes them; "now, where did I put that F#?"
Speaking of organization, I've seen a couple of really good players lately who just jumble their harps together in a bag and have to rummage around picking up harps until they find the key they want. That'd drive me crazy.
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Rick Davis
1868 posts
May 31, 2013
2:18 PM
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Al Chesis (a pro harp guy in Denver) just throws them on the floor during a gig. He has an open harp case but he misses it every time.
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Gnarly
589 posts
May 31, 2013
2:22 PM
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Mostly Suzukis . . . I have worked on a few of these . . .
One year warranty, great for those who play hard!
Also lots of Marine Bands . . .
Last Edited by Gnarly on May 31, 2013 3:02 PM
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Rubes
699 posts
May 31, 2013
2:39 PM
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A man should not be judged by material wealth........or how many harps he has, but Ronnie.......YOU DA MAN! (Well one of them anyway!) ( I'm up to about thirty or so, only half the man Ronnie is.....)
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harmonicanick
1939 posts
May 31, 2013
2:49 PM
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and not one GM
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jim
1422 posts
May 31, 2013
3:32 PM
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Those are all of them.
left to right, top to bottom:
True Chromatic tuning:
Slava Vinogradov "A" (OB),
Boris Plotnikov "Bb" (OB),
My "B" (OB),
My "C" (OB),
Gordon/Filisko "Db" (OB),
My 12-hole "LC" (Half-valved),
My Manji/Firebreath "Db" (Half-valved),
My "C" (half-valved),
My "B" (half-valved),
My "Bb" (half-valved),
My 1937 MB "Db" (OB).
My Arabic tuning, Bb (full-valved),
My Arabic tuning high A Meisterklasse HM (full-valved),
My Spiral Harmonic Minor "D",
My harpsummer-signed Arabic "D",
And three superlow harmonicas (LLD spiral harmonic minor, LLD circular, and the third one is also a LLD despite the label - a new work in progress, better spiral harmonic minor 12-holer).
Plus one chromatic, of course.
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sonny3
21 posts
May 31, 2013
5:48 PM
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Looked like a good number of Marine Bands of some sort to me. Nice!
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Gnarly
591 posts
May 31, 2013
11:35 PM
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Yes, and I wonder who worked on them--Ronnie told me he doesn't customize his harps.
BTW, he has pretty impressive breath control!
Last Edited by Gnarly on May 31, 2013 11:36 PM
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Kingley
2696 posts
May 31, 2013
11:50 PM
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I have seven Marine Bands (1896 and Deluxe) that get constant use. All played straight out of the box, no gapping, no embossing. I've tweaked the tuning as they've needed it. If one breaks I'll buy a new one and when I have a few broken ones I'll get the necessary reeds replaced.
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geordiebluesman
744 posts
Jun 01, 2013
3:26 AM
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I bought a bunch of Marine Bands off Kingley last year and They are the nicest playing harps I have ever owned including my Customs so he must have done some work on them.
Hey Kingly what did ya do to make them Harps play so sweet?
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Kingley
2698 posts
Jun 01, 2013
3:39 AM
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Hey Steve, How's it going up in Newcastle?
Most of those Marine Bands you've got were ones that I'd customised a little. Some had screws fitted to replace the nails (some were already screw assembled). I gapped and very lightly embossed them and set the reed arcs. The combs were sealed with beeswax and flat sanded. The cover plates were also opened up on most if I remember correctly. Then most of them were tuned to Steve Bakers preferred tuning in his Harp Handbook. I think a couple were tuned to 7 Limit JI as well. Just all pretty basic stuff really. I'm glad you're enjoying them and that they've got a good home.
Last Edited by Kingley on Jun 01, 2013 9:26 AM
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12gagedan
258 posts
Jun 01, 2013
9:38 PM
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One time I bought a bunch of harps just to make a video on different harmonica models. Most of them haven't been played since.
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