sonny3
226 posts
Dec 04, 2014
11:53 AM
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My guess is that most of them got pitched when they went bad.Rock and roll Hall of fame has one of Howlin Wolf's harps in a display.I'm. Sure there's some around somewhere.
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nacoran
8143 posts
Dec 04, 2014
1:20 PM
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I suspect sonny3 is right. This one would be interesting to find though.
http://most-expensive.com/harmonica
Seems Hohner made Pope Pius XI an amazing harp once. Would be kind of interesting to see it if it ever resurfaces.
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Goldbrick
789 posts
Dec 04, 2014
1:43 PM
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I remember some of William Clarke's harps were for sale a while back
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Jim Rumbaugh
1056 posts
Dec 04, 2014
5:22 PM
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What about this on Amazon.
John Popper Autographed Bluesband
http://www.amazon.com/Signed-Bluesband-International-Harmonica-autographed/dp/B00BZDN94A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417742481&sr=8-1&keywords=harmonica+popper+signed
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waltertore
2766 posts
Dec 04, 2014
5:24 PM
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here is a couple sonny terry gave me. I bolted them to my harp case so they don't work to good :-) Walter
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jbone
1817 posts
Dec 04, 2014
6:39 PM
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There arte some in both Helena AR and Clarksdale MS I suspect. Maybe West Point, Wolf's home. Memphis may be a good bet as well.
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florida-trader
571 posts
Dec 04, 2014
7:34 PM
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As one who collects and restores vintage harps I often wonder about their history. Who owned them? What kind of music did they play? Were they played in some smoke filled Speakeasy during prohibition? Or maybe on the back porch at a family picnic. What kind of stories could these harps tell us if they could talk? You can do a little forensic examination on a harp when you take it apart. Often times the only reeds or comb chambers that show any use are 7,8,9 & 10. That tells me that the previous owner likely played folk tunes in 1st position. If the reed plate is tarnished around the 2-3-4 it seems to me that they played a lot of 2nd position and probably played blues music. So it is possible to get a small idea about what kind of music came out of a vintage harp. Do inanimate objects like harps have souls? I don’t think so but I do think about honoring the previous owners and the music they made long ago. I also think about the skilled craftsman at the Hohner factory who made that harp perhaps 70 – 80 – 90 years ago. To think that something they made that long ago is still in use today is pretty cool.
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nacoran
8144 posts
Dec 04, 2014
7:34 PM
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Unfortunately, I suspect it's very hard to establish provenance for a harp. When they are on stage they are usually cupped in someone's hand, and even when they are shown the pics probably aren't in the resolution you need to spot one harp from another, except maybe the brand.
I still think there might be a small market for clear vinyl stickers to put over an autograph so you could play someone famous's harp.
Guys like Tom, with all their colorful combs, might be making it a little easier to spot a famous harp, but for most of the history of harp I think harps are treated more like guitar strings. They are disposable. Now, a favorite mic or amp? That might be something you could track down and use (and it would be way more hygienic to boot!)
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J_Bark
31 posts
Dec 06, 2014
7:28 AM
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Don't the guys on CSI MIami have a DNA data base that would help here???
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Philosofy
624 posts
Dec 06, 2014
8:14 AM
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There was an episode of Pawn Stars where some guy caught a harmonica thrown to the crowd by Steven Tyler. Even though there was a magazine article from his hometown written about it, the harp was worthless, because it didn't have any kind of "certificate of authenticity". The guy could have bought a bunch of Special 20's and been passing them off as Steven Tyler's. Now, this was in an age where there are videos and picture takers everywhere. Can you imagine trying to certify a harp from Sonny Boy I ?
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Thievin' Heathen
440 posts
Dec 06, 2014
8:22 AM
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When I come across a really old harp, I'm just hoping the former owner wasn't a Hobo with TB.
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