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Okay, a crazy idea, even by my standards
Okay, a crazy idea, even by my standards
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nacoran
6958 posts
Jul 19, 2013
11:52 PM
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So, I was just putting a pitch pipe that my mother gave me back together after cleaning it. It's basically just a different form factor for the harmonica, only it only has one level of reeds instead of paired reeds. I know there has been a boomerang shaped harp before, and I can't think of any practical reason to do it, but has anyone ever seen a pitch pipe modded to be a harp?
The big obstacle I think wouldn't be the comb, someone with a CNC could do that pretty easy, but the precision for the second reed plate. The pitch pipe has the reeds mounted all as blow reeds, and the slots are cut accordingly, mounted right by the hole. So basically, unless I'm thinking about this wrong you'd need to cut a custom reed plate- you couldn't just get two and fasten them together on a comb and retune.
Playing the thing, aside from the fact that it's not tuned diatonically, it actually is pretty easy to isolate holes, and even play splits. By the time you thickened it up for two reed plates it would be thicker.
Anyway, just a crazy thought. There has to be at least one other crazy person out there. I was wondering if anyone had seen anything like it.
On a side note, since all the notes are only a half-step apart, you can create some pretty neat dissonance. If you ever want to just create a creepy sound effect, grab a pitch pipe and play 2 or 3 holes!
edit- it doesn't play great, but it does play. I'm trying to decide if I want to try to tighten it up a bit. How about a nice hardwood comb! lol.
edit 2- or would they just need to be riveted on the opposite end of the slot?
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Last Edited by nacoran on Jul 20, 2013 1:57 AM
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Pistolcat
449 posts
Jul 20, 2013
12:42 PM
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Need pictures to wrap my head around that. I'm not even sure I know what a pitch pipe look like...
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FMWoodeye
757 posts
Jul 20, 2013
4:11 PM
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A pitch pipe looks like a harp on acid.
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Georgia Blues
79 posts
Jul 20, 2013
5:43 PM
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Sounds interesting.... I want to see pictures!
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Alex
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Georgia Blues
80 posts
Jul 20, 2013
5:46 PM
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Sounds interesting.... I want to see pictures!
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nacoran
6960 posts
Jul 20, 2013
7:13 PM
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Here is what it looks like from the outside-
Here is the reed plate-
With it's covers on it's about as thick as a harmonica comb and reed plates (about 11.6 mm or .43 inches compared to my L.O., which is 9 mm or .35 inches with the covers off), They are only 2 1/2 inches wide (105 mm).
I'm trying to visualize in my head if you stuck a second reed plate in it (cannibalized from another pitch pipe) if the reed slots would work together if you carefully moved the reeds on one from one end of the slot to the other. If they did, you could add a comb in between (pitch pipes don't have a comb, just 2 covers, one of which has holes in it and is a little wider- I guess it creates the width so you have holes to blow through and a single reed plate. If you took two of the metal covers instead, you would have a thinner total, which means you'd have room to add a comb between them.
The sound comes out the top, since there is no 'back'.
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Last Edited by nacoran on Jul 20, 2013 7:15 PM
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nacoran
6961 posts
Jul 20, 2013
8:48 PM
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STME58, you play the side of it, wouldn't those be more for if you played the top?
Then more I think about it, the more sure I am some variation of moving the rivets to the other end of the reed slot would work, but it would be pretty delicate work.
Any of the guys who use CNC's do piecework if you do the CAD drawing for them? I've been itching to learn some CAD.
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nacoran
6962 posts
Jul 21, 2013
11:11 AM
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FMWoodeye- your comment got caught in the spam filter. I went to check that before I even came to the forum. The first thing I read today was that comment! :)
STME58, lol! That's awesome! Not quite what I was shooting for, but awesome nonetheless. Maybe you could control the spin with a little piano layout foot pedal!
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