Interesting video Brendan. I like tha fact that Suzuki harps are all virtually interchangable. I've got Delta Frost coverplates on a G Sp20. It only needs a slight hole adjustment.
One thing though, I haven't see Manji replacement reedplates for sale yet in the UK. Any info on that at all? Also was wondering if Suzuki combs, and coverplates etc were available anywhere other than as spares from old harps? ----------
Nice video Brendan! Thanks for this. I prepare my Seydel hybrids the same way. I made special harp in Low C: alu comb from Favorite, steel reeds from 1847 Classic and covers from Noble. It plays extremely loud, bright and durable of course :o)
When I made harps with split reedplates, I always used a lipped comb to cover the split, for mouth comfort. Was this harp OK to play?
(BTW Jim, how do I embed photos in my post on MBH? Can I take them off my computer or do they need to be uploaded to the web? I have photos of lots of crazy harps I think you'll like :)
I've been swapping parts on mine as well but for different reasons. The "cold weather" mod, swapping the Manji comb into a Promaster. The aluminum comb is way too cold to play in the car in the winter time where I live. It just never seems to warm up and Manji comb is great in the cold (once my truck warms up enough to take a glove off). My set of Promasters stays in the house nice and warm and ready. I drilled the Promaster comb to accept the Manji covers and the extra plate screw and its nice too, very bright, almost metallic but I miss the full length covers. I really liked the Manji with Promaster covers but after playing the Valved Suzuki models I prefer the way they play and I'm slowly swapping in valved reedplates. It sure is nice that the parts mix and match.
If you want to get the best of both, try valving the Manji reedplates. It only takes a few minutes, and then you have all your favourite parts together :)
No, if you want to add valves to a standard Richter tuned harp there is no need to retune.
Four of the harps in the video have valved Manji reedplates. They are retuned harps because they are in my PowerBender tuning, but the low octave is identical to Richter and no retuning was required there.
But since this is not a "true" forum, you can't attach pictures to it. (by web standards this engine can be classified as a bulletin board - like private ads boards and stuff like that).
The photo must be physically on a web server - in this case it's on my forum.
The harmonica in the picture is a LOW LOW C circular harmonic minor. But again - because the site engine is not capable of attaching files - I can't add a sound sample. And because Adam is not very happy with cross-links to other harmonica forums, you'll have to believe me that it sounds like nothing you have ever heard :D
Brendan, you have to host the images somewhere else. Flikr and Photobucket are the most common, although Dropbox works really well too (and will let you host other file formats as well.) Then just paste the image url (not the page url, but the actual image url) in the middle of this code in place of what's in between the quotation marks. (I think photobucket lets you resize the images so they fit better.) I love pics of Frankenharps! (I saw your video earlier on YouTube. Already gave it a thumbs up.) :)
Brendan is hosting his images on his own site. Just use the html code Nacoran gave you and substitute with your http info. The bit between the " and the ".
I personally like the ProMaster covers on the Manji comb and reed plates. That said, I would like to see the harmonica manufactures let you purchase harmonica this way. "I'll take that comb with that reed plate and top it this cover plate please" I also put Hammon Covers on a Manji Harmonica and call it "HaMonji" I like the look and feel and it sounds great. It isn't as loud but I mostly play amplified anyway.
