pharpo
73 posts
Jan 16, 2010
8:23 AM
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I am thinking about taking the big plunge and buying a chromatic harp. I have never played one. In the forums MHO what should my first chromatic harmonica be
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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
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tookatooka
1014 posts
Jan 16, 2010
8:28 AM
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I don't have a Chromatic but I think it would depend on your budget. Knowing how frequently reeds in diatonics blow out, I'd be looking at whether replacement reedplates were available and how much they would cost.
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CJames
124 posts
Jan 16, 2010
8:39 AM
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I recently got a Suzuki scx-56 for xmas. first chromatic - love it. i now lend my time equally to chromatic and diatonic.
Only thing is my spring broke last night god damit! so now i gota send away for a part that's so light it may not even be able to be weighed.
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Diggsblues
17 posts
Jan 16, 2010
8:43 AM
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I rarely blow out reeds on my 2016. A lot of chromatics you can get serviced at hohner and get the reed replaced
get a valve job and a tune up. I think the Haung chromatic was upgraded a few years back might be
a cheap intro chromatic. It's air tight for sure in
the body.
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Sarge
17 posts
Jan 16, 2010
9:02 AM
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I have never blown a reed on any of my chromatics. I like the Hering chromatics real well. Getting a chromatic will open up a new windows for you.
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saregapadanisa
70 posts
Jan 16, 2010
9:22 AM
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Isacullah made a very thorough review of the Educator very recently on this forum :
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/546059.htm
from what he says, it may be a good option for a first step into chromatic. And it's cheap.
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mankycodpiece
100 posts
Jan 17, 2010
9:32 AM
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i've got quite a few chromatic harps.
the best one,it isn't the most expensive,is the hohner C280.
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Aussiesucker
500 posts
Jan 17, 2010
12:46 PM
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I have a couple of chroms a Hohner Super Chromonica which is ca 50 years old & which I have had since new plus a Suzuki Chromatix which I purchased 18 months back. Both are 12 holers.
I was unable to play the old Hohner due to a problem I have with an allergy to nickel. The Hohner however is in mint condition and I recently replaced the mouthpiece /slide assembly with a newer nickel free mouthpiece. The Hohner looks identical to the ones sold today.
The Suzuki is a much much better harp to play but it should be as it's 50 years younger!
That said I rarely play my chroms. They need warming up before playing as windsavers tend to give me a lot of problems. They are big compared to a diatonic and therefore are not nearly as convenient to carry around.
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NiteCrawler .
12 posts
Jan 17, 2010
2:10 PM
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I,m not much of an Chrome playey although I have dabbled,not as much I would like but I do have a Hohner 280,A Hering Vintage 40 and two Cx 12,s Key of C and key of D and my opinion is for a first time player I would go with a CX 12.Its shaped very unlike the two other mentioned,but IMO more comfortable and you are able to blow more air into them.The other upside to them is they are very easy to dis-assemble for cleaning.After getting my first I found myself wanting to play it more than the other two mentioned.Just my opinion.You know what they say "opinions are like a-holes everybody has one"
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