HawkeyeKane
133 posts
Aug 31, 2011
9:27 AM
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Just out of curiosity, has anyone here ever owned or played on a harp with wooden cover plates? I know that wood is not an ideal material for this, but that it HAS been done before.
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Hawkeye Kane
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Matzen
237 posts
Aug 31, 2011
9:41 AM
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I remember seeing a harp with wood covers a while back, but I don't remember what it was called and have never played one.
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SuzukiDaron
13 posts
Aug 31, 2011
9:47 AM
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The Suzuki MR-550 Pure Harp features a sealed rosewood comb and cover plates:
http://www.suzukimusic.com/harmonicas/mr550/
http://www.rockinronsmusic4less.com/content/harps/suzuki/pure_harp.html
Also, if you're interested in a chromatic harmonica with rosewood cover plates, check out the G-48W Gregoire Maret model:
http://www.suzukimusic.com/harmonicas/g48w/
http://www.rockinronsmusic4less.com/content/harps/suzuki/G-48W.html
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-Daron Stinton
SUZUKI MUSIC USA
Got a question about a Suzuki Harp?
Call (800) 854-1594, or e-mail harmonicas@suzukicorp.com
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HawkeyeKane
135 posts
Aug 31, 2011
9:49 AM
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Suzuki makes the Pureharp with rosewood and there's Hardwood Harps which I have yet to find much info on. But the Pureharp has gotten pretty good reviews from what I've seen.
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Hawkeye Kane
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Bart Leczycki
46 posts
Aug 31, 2011
3:23 PM
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Friend of mine made for me wooden cover plates (palisander) to Golden Melody. It was a few years ago, so I don't remember details of the sound, but this GM played more quiet, and not trebly at all, however it looked cool :o)
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Blues13
149 posts
Aug 31, 2011
3:35 PM
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there's a french guy, Raymond Brodur, that makes custom Harmonica with wooden coverplates. he also use lots of other things from cow horn to Mammoth tusks. There's lots of french player playing with Brodur Harmonica.
www.brodur.com
Martin
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov
Last Edited by on Aug 31, 2011 3:37 PM
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