Has anyone tried this? I have a K&M rack and I can awkwardly get them to stack on top of each other, but its impossible to play them well. I would really like to have two harps available so I can switch from 1st position to 2nd position on the fly.
If anyones found a good way of doing this or can recommend the rack for the job, please let me know! Cheers, Damon.
I know bass harps are hinged and that in Asia playing two harps, say a C and a C# is more common. I wonder if maybe they have model that might work. Another possibility would be to mod two regular racks together. If you look at something like the basic Hohner model maybe you could do something like this-
Step One: Take the donor rack apart and get the metal bar from it that sits under the harp.
Step Two: Take the second rack apart.
Step Three: Get out a couple harps to eyeball things and snip the spring into two pieces (sand any rough spots) and reassemble the new rack with two bars and two half springs, one in the original place, the other under it to work for the second bar.
Just an idea. I don't have a rack handy to take a close look for any problems that might come up.
Another possibility is to get one of those 6 harp spinner racks.
http://www.hohnerusa.com/index.php?91
I don't know if it fits any harps (it looks like all the harps you used would at least have to be the same length, and it's really expensive, I wonder if they sell it without the tremolos)
Someone on here made one of those as a DIY project, but I don't remember who, and Walter Torre made a beer can cozy can with a mic built in for one harp to give it a more cupped sound that might be adaptable to what you are looking for.
Depending how much of the harp you use and how tight a fit Kingo's suggestion creates, you might try Seydel Big Six harps. They are only 6 hole harps (the bottom six) and two of them would be a lot shorter than two full length harps. I've seen some people make extended harps. That might be another way to go. You could just make a long harp. (Jim and Brendan both said something about extended length harps at different times.) I wonder if anyone has used tremolo covers on one of these? Hmm. Anyway, I'm just brainstorming.
Dr. Marvin Monroe, who attends nearly every harmonica convention under the sun, and was at SPAH last week, does this.
He has two harps in one rack, in a side-by-side configuration.
However, as far as I know, he built that rack himself. ---------- -Daron Stinton SUZUKI MUSIC USA Got a question about a Suzuki Harp? Call (800) 854-1594, or e-mail harmonicas@suzukicorp.com
@ Kingobad: You are correct. Dr. Monroe was one of the few characters who actually dies on the show.
Hopefully, our own Dr. Monroe will live many, many more years!
@ Gary: How DARE you not hang a black sheet up behind you?!? (Wink) ---------- -Daron Stinton SUZUKI MUSIC USA Got a question about a Suzuki Harp? Call (800) 854-1594, or e-mail harmonicas@suzukicorp.com
@nacoran - I will look into customizing a rack, would be good to have to two slots for each harp.
@Gnarly - I'm gonna try this soon as I get home, stupidly I just gave up when they wouldn't fit perfectly. Do you feel any disadvantage to normal rack playing with them half hanging out?
Not to answer for Gnarly, but no. As long as you can comfortably play without knocking them out of the rack - mission accomplished. I don't even put mine in the rack because I can't stand the angle. I use 2 kids rubber hairbands pinched in the rack.(I have 2 daughters, so I have a ready supply). My harp actually lay flat against the rack and points down. When it is on, it sits at a great angle.
---------- Danny
Last Edited by on Aug 19, 2011 4:52 AM
