[Harp-L] Re: Masterclass



>From Friday to Sunday Dave Barrett held another great seminar's, with heavy  
influence on Big and Little Walters, Dennis Gruenling, Joe Filisko and Kinya  
Pollard covered everything else. Then a jam on Friday, where everyone got a  
chance to play the Cruncher,. I was glad they got a chance to do a hands on  
test. Everyone seemed to give a good response. Gary Smith and myself and Andy  
Just started each jam set doing two songs. Gary Smith is now a definite 
endorser  and sounded great through it, as he does through a lot he plays. On Sat. 
Classes  then a discussion panel of everyone. Mark Hummel joined in, and there 
was a lot  of playing going on as part of the discussion, as Dave ran a jam 
track  groove and we just kept passing the mic. I played after Dennis, which is a 
 nice place as he sets you up to be more thoughtful and express yourself. 
Sunday  was classes. There were help rooms where the pros would just sit and 
answer  questions as part of the program. It was a fun experience with lots of  
knowledge, I learned a lot about Big Walter with Dave teaching. Everyone was  
cordial as was I, and it was good to talk to customers who maybe you only had  
email or phone contact. Thanks Dave for another great time. The students got a  
handful and seemed pleased. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Today's Topics:

1. Fwd: [Harp-L]  info forwarded to me by a friend........
(BostonMoeJo)
2. de-embossing and embossing  (captron100@xxxxxxx)
3. Harmonica Mexican (victorio montes  silva)
4. note refusing to sound after cover plates are  attached
(captron100@xxxxxxx)
5. Re:  Harmonica Mexican (Emile D'Amico)
6. This is a CLASSIC!  (wlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
7. Re: note refusing to sound after cover  plates are attached
(David Payne)
8.  SPAH (Reach Mann)
9. custom harp building (Chris  Reynolds)
10. Weber VST 6x9 speakers? (B Boggs)
11. Re:  John Sayles "Honeydripper" (Robert Koch free)
12. Nice Kalamazoo  Model 2 for Sale (Robert Ross)
13. Titanium Combs  (MundHarp@xxxxxxx)


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Message:  1
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:53:43 -0400
From: BostonMoeJo  <bostonmoejo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Fwd: [Harp-L] info forwarded to me by  a friend........
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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In a message dated  06/17/08 09:15:07 Eastern Daylight Time, BostonMoeJo 
writes:
The film also  features my old friend  & Handy Award winner and Howlin' Wolf 
alum  Eddie Shaw (who happens to be a fine harmonica player in his own right.) 
 playing, surprise!!!, the sax player. Upon release on DVD (next Monday) 
it'll  be available at the usual outlets (Netflix, Blockbuster,  etc.)



In a message dated 06/16/08 21:34:05 Eastern Daylight  Time, 
wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Iceman wrote: 
> Last  October, the John Sayles film "Honeydripper" came  out and 
> had a  very limited distribution though it comes out on DVD on 
> June   23. It stars Danny Glover, Charles Dutton, Stacy Keach, Keb 
> Mo,   etc., and takes place in rural Alabama in 1950. It's all 
> about the  Blues, a  juke joint, the first electric guitar in 
> Alabama and  has a good story  line. 

One of the best kept secrets of the film  is Gary Clark, Jr., the young 
man who plays Sonny.  Gary is a genuine  blues guitarist and singer who 
plays locally here in Austin, and let me  tell you, this man knows what 
he's doing.  I haven't seen the movie  to know if he can act, but he 
plays guitar just like he's ringin' a bell,  go go! 

-tim  



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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 17  Jun 2008 13:17:33 -0400
From: captron100@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L]  de-embossing and embossing
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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? Thanks to Harp-L I discovered on what  to me is a revelation - it's a tool 
to remove burrs from the long edges of the  reed slots
caused by over-embossing.? It also works well to remove metal  along the long 
edges of
reeds themselves tho removing metal from reeds  affects the tuning. 
? The magic tool is simply the very thin metal strip  that is obtained by 
taking apart one of
those self-adhesive anti-theft  devices that are nowadays on
most items that you buy in department stores.?  It measures 1 1/2 inches long 
x 1/4 inch wide and has a
curvature to it  that aids in its use as a scraper.? I love it and
it has greatly improved  my ability to emboss.
? I emboss with one stroke
at a time till the reed  sticks.? Then i plink to free the reed; I
emboss over and over using this  method and when plinking fails to knock
off the burrs, I then use the metal  strip to scrape off the burrs.? I do 
this several times.? Because my embossing  station enables me to see the reed 
slot so well, embossing reduces the  tolerances to a huge degree. 
? Of
course, reed alignment often is  needed once the embossing reveals that
the reed is sitting off-kilter in  it's slot, so a reed wrench is
needed to re-align the reed.? I got mine for  $5 from Bill Rommel.? Lastly, 
if i want to go ape, I use a glass cutter to  engrave a channel next to the 
reed slot at the rivet end - this squashes the  metal a bit, in towards the reed 
to reduce tolerances.? I sometimes slip with  the glass cutter and ruin a 
reed, so if anyone has a better way to emboss the  reed slot near the rivet, I'd 
like to hear it.?  
ron







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Message:  3
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:30:16 +0000
From: victorio montes silva  <silvaharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Harmonica Mexican
To:  harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <BAY118-W35FAF60F2E20B991E98C9DA5A80@xxxxxxx>
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Hello  everyone


Today I share with you the blogspot a good friend of  mine.

http://armonicademexico.blogspot.com/


Together we are  rescuing the tradition of harmonica tremolo in Mexico

They may see  photographs of the harmonic most representative in the past  
Mexican.

Besides adding new information on an ongoing  basis.


To enjoy it and hope your  comments.



Atte.
Victorio Montes Silva
04455  1681-5162

_________________________________________________________________
P.D.  Checa las nuevas fotos de mi  Space
http://home.services.spaces.live.com/


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Message:  4
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:25:21 -0400
From:  captron100@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] note refusing to sound after cover  plates are
attached
To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <8CA9EBEA3408C7F-858-1FD8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

? The problem is fixed.? It
turned  out that the reed was refusing to sound when pressure was
applied to either  side of the rivet.? It was
caused by my over-embossing the opposite end of  the reed slot, at the
very tip.? I don't know whether this is a good thing  to do, but i have
been embossing even the end of the slot in an effort to  reduce all 
tolerances.? I haven't much experience with tip scooping, which  seems to do the 
opposite of embossing the end of the slot - in other words,  the removal of metal at 
the end of the reedslot seems like it would create  MORE space between the 
end of the reed and the end of the slot; whereas  embossing creates LESS space 
between the two.? Thoughts?

? I was  pleasantly surprised to hear John Walden's favorable comments 
regarding MS  harps, tho disappointed that noone else has yet to corroborate his 
assertions  that the MS harps play with more volume and power.? Judging by what I 
have  seen, this should be the opposite, tho I know Hohner has improved 
quality  after the re-tooling a few years ago.


? It's evidently true what  Tim said about the number of screws not being the 
whole story re air  tightness.? Btw, the MS
Meisterclass that started this thread has 5 screws,  plus the cover
screws.? I am now working on a friend's wood combed MS Blues  harp.? It has 
only TWO screws holding the reedplates together, besides the  coverplate 
screws.? It's wood has deep grains going
across the tops and  bottoms of the wooden tines.? It looks to me that
air will be able to leak  under the reedplates from one chamber to the
next.? yuk.? I'll have to  gasket this one with Micropore.? Fwiw, the code on
the blow plate reads:  1-216-1011018/1? G-DUR? HOHNER 27/03? L9/KA2.?
Can anyone verify - was this  plate mfg'd on the 27th day of 2003?? If
so, that's pretty recent.
? So  I am also surprised with John's comment about the MS wood being 
superior to  the handmade harps wood.? John, how is it  superior?
ron




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Message:  5
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:20:10 -0400
From: "Emile D'Amico"  <EDAmico@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Mexican
To:  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <s857d636.003@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=US-ASCII

This is great. I used to play tunes like La paloma and  Beseme Mucho with my 
friend Juan Avila.
We always thought the harmonica fit  these tunes great. 
I hope some recordings surface with harmonica in the  Mexican Tradition.

Emile Diggs D'Amico

>>> victorio  montes silva <silvaharp@xxxxxxxxxxx> 06/17/08 01:30PM  >>>


Hello everyone


Today I share with you the  blogspot a good friend of mine.

http://armonicademexico.blogspot.com/  


Together we are rescuing the tradition of harmonica tremolo in  Mexico

They may see photographs of the harmonic most representative in  the past 
Mexican.

Besides adding new information on an ongoing  basis.


To enjoy it and hope your  comments.



Atte.
Victorio Montes Silva
04455  1681-5162

_________________________________________________________________
P.D.  Checa las nuevas fotos de mi Space
http://home.services.spaces.live.com/  
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Message:  6
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:51:29 -0400
From:  wlb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] This is a CLASSIC!
To:  Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <20080617205129.9F0992F95F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I hope you have a half hour to spare  to watch these 3 you tubes in 
a row. They are 3 sections of an old  Twilight Zone episode. This is 
so funny and yes there is amazing harmonica  content! Actually out 
of this world harmonica content! Check out some of  the faces on 
those actors. Many familier faces from movies and TV. If you  just 
don't have the time or patience to watch all 3 at least take the  
time to watch the final segment...that's where the real harmonica  
action is. Forgive me if this has been posted in the past. I was  
turned on to it just yesterday by an engineer at a recording studio 
I  was in yesterday.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmSPEj7Q98M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtw_VzJw3tA&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0eps17S3E&feature=related

Warren  Bee



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Message: 7
Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Payne  <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] note refusing to  sound after cover plates are
attached
To: Harp L Harp L  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <835415.33986.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

You can get by with very few screws as  long as there is no reedplate warpage 
and nobody ever overtightens one or more  of the screws, because it is all 
about FLAT not tight at the reedplate/comb  joint. When I played MS, it was a 
couple of years, the former was a big  problem. You can get by with fewer screws 
also on a thicker reedplate. If I  think the best design would be a piece of 
metal strip about as thick as the  reedplate that would distribute the force 
from the screw heads evenly, thus  ensuring flatness. Or, they could just use 
nails and get the same result. ;).  
Dave
_____________________________
Dave Payne Sr. 
Elk River  Harmonicas
www.elkriverharmonicas.com 


----- Original Message  ----
From: "captron100@xxxxxxx" <captron100@xxxxxxx>
To:  Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:25:21 PM
Subject:  [Harp-L] note refusing to sound after cover plates are attached

? The  problem is fixed.? It
turned out that the reed was refusing to sound when  pressure was
applied to either side of the rivet.? It was
caused by my  over-embossing the opposite end of the reed slot, at the
very tip.? I don't  know whether this is a good thing to do, but i have
been embossing even the  end of the slot in an effort to reduce all 
tolerances.? I haven't much  experience with tip scooping, which seems to do the 
opposite of embossing the  end of the slot - in other words, the removal of metal at 
the end of the  reedslot seems like it would create MORE space between the 
end of the reed and  the end of the slot; whereas embossing creates LESS space 
between the two.?  Thoughts?

? I was pleasantly surprised to hear John Walden's favorable  comments 
regarding MS harps, tho disappointed that noone else has yet to  corroborate his 
assertions that the MS harps play with more volume and power.?  Judging by what I 
have seen, this should be the opposite, tho I know Hohner  has improved 
quality after the re-tooling a few years ago.


? It's  evidently true what Tim said about the number of screws not being the 
whole  story re air tightness.? Btw, the MS
Meisterclass that started this thread  has 5 screws, plus the cover
screws.? I am now working on a friend's wood  combed MS Blues harp.? It has 
only TWO screws holding the reedplates together,  besides the coverplate 
screws.? It's wood has deep grains going
across the  tops and bottoms of the wooden tines.? It looks to me that
air will be able  to leak under the reedplates from one chamber to the
next.? yuk.? I'll have  to gasket this one with Micropore.? Fwiw, the code on
the blow plate reads:  1-216-1011018/1? G-DUR? HOHNER 27/03? L9/KA2.?
Can anyone verify - was this  plate mfg'd on the 27th day of 2003?? If
so, that's pretty recent.
? So  I am also surprised with John's comment about the MS wood being 
superior to  the handmade harps wood.? John, how is it  superior?
ron


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Message:  8
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:04:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Reach Mann  <imreach@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] SPAH
To:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <905519.69249.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi Folks,
&nbsp;Am looking at going  to SPAH and leaning towards flying unless a car 
pool materializes. I'm in  Jersey and wondering if anyone, or more, wants to 
share expenses
and drive  straight through? Could have a good time on the way out and  back.
&nbsp;By&nbsp; SPAH time my cracked sternum will be healed.  On Fathers Day I 
was traveling down a two lane highway at 35 miles an hour and  the 
unthinkable happened, WHAMM
A lady ran a stop sign and plowed right  into me totaling my van. Unlike the 
song there was not "one way out". I saw  her coming and could do nothing about 
it as the collision was unavoidable. So  glad I had my seat belt on as the 
injuries would have been much worse, as in,  picking my teeth
out of the steering wheel. So I've already missed two gigs  but I count my 
blessing and will do what is needed to get back on  track.
Hope it never happens to you and I consider myself lucky as it could  have 
been much worse.
May the harp be with  you.

Reach






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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 17 Jun  2008 14:36:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Reynolds  <c_reynolds2571@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] custom harp  building
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc:  harptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <131093.48025.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Due to recent events I will no longer be  taking orders for custom 
harmonicas. I will still be making them but will only  be selling them as I get them 
done, the harps will be built up with no  filework or etching and when a person 
buys one they will have the option of  adding the filework and etching if they 
want it. I will still be taking orders  for the lightweight mics, and the 
chromatic combs once I make the combs  available. 

Chris  


http://www.blowyourbrassoff.com
http://www.builderofstuff.com
http://www.myspace.com/builderofstuff
http://www.myspace.com/builderofbluesharps


Just  a man, his shop, and a long list of unfinished  projects...



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Message:  10
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:23:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: B Boggs  <ceudoazul@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Weber VST 6x9  speakers?
To: Harp <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <119428.45975.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Hi Jim,
All I can offer  is  that all the 8, 10, 12 inch speakers in the Valco amps I 
have heard  sound fantastic in those amps for harp. They have been mostly 
Rola field coil  and some Jensen.
All round. 

The one  recone Weber did on '52 eight inch Jensen AlNiCo speaker sounds 
great and was  used for recording in a little Supro Spectator. All of the speakers 
I got from  Weber I was satisfied with along with Ted being available to help 
 choose.

Please let me know when you build it. I bet  it will scream.

Best,
Brian


Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008  05:57:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Rossen  <jimjimdr@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Weber VST 6x9 speakers?
To:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Anyone have experience with Weber VST 6x9 speakers in  a harp amp?
Am thinking about a Sonny Jr 1 style circuit  (6L6x2 PP  cathode biased
paraphase PI) with three 6x9 speakers in a small cab.   I know about
the oval speakers in some Valco  amps.






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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 18 Jun  2008 00:33:47 +0200
From: "Robert Koch free"  <rok68@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] John Sayles  "Honeydripper"
To: <martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx>,  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID:  <002901c8d0ca$35706a30$17c8a658@platinum>
Content-Type: text/plain;  format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original




Thanks to Larry for pointing me to this  film, that I didn´t know existed. 
Sayles is very discreet, indeed. Of  course I couldn´t get it to work on my 
computer, these things never do,  but I´ll make sure it will be on the 
purchase list for my local  library.
&nbsp; John Sayles has been almost consistently putting out  good -- perhaps 
not "great" but certainly good&nbsp;-- films for quite  a while. Refreshingly 
different from the Hollywood formula.  And&nbsp;at times&nbsp;a harmonica 
crops up, as&nbsp;on this  one, I gather, after seing Mike Turk on the 
soundtrack listing. Who also  could be heard on "Lone star". "City of hope" 
had a harp in it, if memory  serves,&nbsp;but don´t know who played.
Cheers,
Martin

It's a  brilliant movie about how different people, rich and poor, black and  
white, relate to each other, set at a crossroad of the blues history, when  
the music went up north, leaped to the city and came back south,  
electrified... A sheer joy to watch... and listen too!
Thanks for  sharing,  Ice.
Sunnyside



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Message:  12
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Ross  <robertaross@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Nice Kalamazoo Model 2 for  Sale
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <76640.34990.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi Folks,
I've been moving this week  and unfortunately need to let go of a few things, 
including my beloved  Kalamazoo. I am going to list it on eBay, but thought 
you guys would like the  first shot at buying this almost MINT model 2 first. I 
bought it just a couple  of years ago, when I was with a small band, but we 
broke up shortly after, so  this unit has gotten very little use. It was 
recapped by the previous owner,  so looks great and sound great with very little 
hum. I am asking $349.95 for  Harp-L folks only (my eBay reserve), which is 
consistent with current prices  for recapped Kalamazoos of this quality (based on 
what they go for on eBay and  at BlowsMeAway.com for a really clean one like 
this.

Click here for  some  pictures:
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=149065&image=144053649&;
images=144052406,144052712,144053000,144053274,144053649,144053906,144054160&f
ormats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0&lgdin=1

As  a harp amp, the Kalamazoo is hard to beat. I used it for small gigs, and  
 mic'd it when needed with excellent results. Sounded great both with my  
vintage 70's Green Bullet and my custom-made JT-30. Email me off list for more  
info or any questions.

Thanks,
Robert  Ross
www.RawFoodLife.com








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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 17  Jun 2008 18:54:19 EDT
From: MundHarp@xxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Titanium  Combs
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID:  <c2e.34f758be.35899a9b@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="US-ASCII"

Hello,
I simply want to  pass on  Mark  Lavoie's web site relating to his  titanium  
combs:
_http://www.middlebury.net/lavoie/order.html#titanium_  
(http://www.middlebury.net/lavoie/order.html#titanium) 
The only  interest I have is that Mark Lavoie builds WONDERFUL Hohner MS  
based  custom harmonicas.
Back in 1997 at SPAH in Detroit, Vern Smith and I  carried out a tone test  
seminar, using combs made of various  different materials.
The audience could not tell the difference! 
But as  a musician, the best PLAYNG harp was one with Mark Lavoie's  titanium 
 
comb. 
What really matters is stability, reflectivity,  and  playability; (in  my 
opinion)
If like me you like the slightly  larger "MS" style of diatonic, 
Get yourself a Mark Lavoie custom titanium  diatonic. I haven't played any  
better!
Best wishes
John  Walden
London
England.






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