e56505
6 posts
Oct 24, 2009
11:21 PM
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Anybody know what brand of harp Little Walter played?
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scrybe314
17 posts
Oct 25, 2009
2:00 AM
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Off the top of my head, I'd say Marine Bands, mostly because they were (and still are, I suppose) THE harp. Also, in his picture on wikipedia, it looks like he's holding a Marine Band, though I can't say for certain.
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snakes
379 posts
Oct 25, 2009
11:09 AM
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Pretty sure it was Marine Bands.
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sorin
94 posts
Oct 25, 2009
3:54 PM
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I am sure it was a suzuki Manji
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wallyns10
58 posts
Oct 25, 2009
4:59 PM
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He was reportedly always complaining about the three hole bend though...
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DanP
95 posts
Oct 26, 2009
9:18 AM
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Little Walter played the Hohner Marine Band and the Hohner 64 Chromonica.
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KingoBad
117 posts
Oct 26, 2009
9:33 AM
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Little Walter played the ladies, the liquor, and the Marine Bands.
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ChrisA
84 posts
Oct 26, 2009
9:46 AM
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For all you want to know about Little Walter, get the book Blues with a Feeling written by Tony Glover and a couple of other guys, just finished reading it, fascinating stuff............
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barbequebob
1 post
Oct 28, 2009
7:23 AM
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What he generally used were Marine Bands (which were all stock and no customs were available in his day and they were tuned out of the box to 7 Limit Just Intonation), occasionally an Old Standby (which is a completely different harp than the Chinese made Sp20 knockoff that's been around since 1990), occasionally a Marine Band Soloist (which was 12-hole model that was solo tuned like a chromatic that was discontinued in 1975, later replaced by the 364S in in 1983 and was a lousy quality replacement) and the 64 Chromonica.
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