phogi
229 posts
Feb 02, 2010
3:32 AM
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My fantasy harp:
The comb would be a super powerful, dead flat, magnet! The reedplates made of stainless steel. Then, when I want to clean it, I just pop out the coverplate screws, and pull the plates off!
Better yet, have these super magnets inlayed in a wood comb so that I can still have the feel of the wood comb.
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Kingley
781 posts
Feb 02, 2010
3:42 AM
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I have to say that the idea of plates held on by magnets inlaid in a wooden comb sound pretty good. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it before (well at least to my knowledge they haven't).
Mind you having said that I can't imagine it would be cheap.
One thing that would be nice (although it would raise the costs enormously) would be reeds held on by screws. So that if they went bad you could just replace that one reed (similar to the idea they are reportedly putting in the B-Radical I suppose).
To be honest though I'd settle for a Marine Band 1896 (classic) put together with a sealed comb, screws and proper gapping. Oh wait! I have about 23 of those so I guess I'm already lucky! :-)
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2010 3:42 AM
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rbeetsme
180 posts
Feb 02, 2010
5:33 AM
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Let's see what Brad has produced, might be the holy grail of harps!
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ZackPomerleau
619 posts
Feb 02, 2010
5:39 AM
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My fantasy harp? Well, it'd be nice if someone bought me a case of Buddha harps, hahaha.
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Diggsblues
113 posts
Feb 02, 2010
5:57 AM
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Yeah Zack that's the ticket.
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ZackPomerleau
621 posts
Feb 02, 2010
6:21 AM
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Diggs, wanna buy me some? I'll need some backups, too...
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nacoran
966 posts
Feb 02, 2010
10:13 AM
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Phogi- Magnets would be cool, right up until you got near a microphone.
Actually, the Hohner Puck is put together pretty slick, but the extruding plates are a little rough on the lips, and since they are part of what holds the cover on I'm not sure how much sanding you can do. I'd actually love to see a cover set made out of 1 piece, shaped like a C that you could slide the harp into from the end. It would be expensive, since have to cut all the holes through the plate and make sure they weren't sharp.
I suppose you could do it in plastic pretty cheap, but I'm not sure how strong that would be. Maybe one end could be blocked off to give it a little more rigidity. You could slide it out the other end. Maybe you could make it out of one of those metal resins.
(I've actually seen a chromatic, I think it was by a Swedish company, that has a cover that is made out of one piece. You take the insides out through the back. I don't remember where I saw it though. Fire engine red, if I remember right.)
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Kingley
788 posts
Feb 02, 2010
10:28 AM
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Narcoran - Good point I hadn't thought about magnets and mics.
Zack - I think you Diggs should save your money. Then pool together and buy me a full set of Joe Spiers Stage 3 harps instead! :-)
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