RE: [Harp-L] overblow techs

[J Compton <jofjltn4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Where do I find a Filisko harp with only a six month wait?  Now that Joe Spiers is no longer actively in the game, I need a new source...not that Joe's turnaround was six months or less either.

Offlist replies are fine...actually, offlist replies are preferred.  I hesitated before ordering from Joe last year, and while I was stalling, Jason Ricci came out praising him resulting in an even longer wait.

(For the record, that Spiers harp is unbelievably awesome.  It's disturbingly responsive, noticeably louder, and every overblow and overdraw is available.  In just a few short months, this one harp pushed me over numerous plateaus...and not just on this harp since many of the things I learned could then be used on many of my stock harps.  Throughout the whole process, Joe was very professional (and patient w/ me, a relative harp newbie w/ OCD tendencies who can type faster than most people talk and who rarely exercises brevity).

(Yes, I realize, Joe was not a Filisko guy.)

Jonathan Compton



> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:31:00 -0400
> From: edamico@xxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] overblow techs
> 
> I would like to study Howard Levy's  materials
> but a good overblow harp seems like it would be helpful.
> All of the harp techs that I found, with the exception of the
> filisko guild, do not do overblow set ups. The filiskos seem to have a six month wait or more.
> 
> Anybody know anybody that make a custom harp with an overblow set up.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Emile Diggs D'Amico
> 
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