toddlgreene
965 posts
Mar 04, 2010
7:52 AM
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We've got a new club member who plays a bass harp(he's a seldom-seen member of this forum). I haven't seen him at a meeting yet, and I'm intrigued by the instrument he plays, as I've never seen one in person.
So, I did a quick image search, and found the photo below. I think the guy on the left is playing the bass harp, not sure what the girl is playing(chord harp?), and the guy on the right appears to be playing my grandmother's swag lamp from the 60s that hung over the plastic-covered couch I wasn't allowed to sit on. Insight, anyone?
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Todd L Greene. V.P.
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toddlgreene
966 posts
Mar 04, 2010
7:55 AM
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p.s., from the look on the head-scratching keyboardist's face, he doesn't know, either.
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Todd L Greene. V.P.
Last Edited by on Mar 04, 2010 7:55 AM
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MrVerylongusername
944 posts
Mar 04, 2010
8:42 AM
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The guy on the left (Jean Labre) is playing a chord harmonica. The guy on the right (Maurice Bailly) is the one playing a bass harp, but I don't recognise the model. The young lady in the middle (Nami Miyati) is credited with tremolo and chromatic, but I'm not sure what it is she's playing there. The ensemble is called "Les Parisiens"
*EDIT*
Found the player's names on Google, but no clues as to the mystery bass harp.
Last Edited by on Mar 04, 2010 10:48 AM
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barbequebob
566 posts
Mar 04, 2010
10:53 AM
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It almost appears to be either a polyphonia or even a chromatic but using a very specially designed microphone for it.
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pharpo
196 posts
Mar 04, 2010
1:42 PM
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Hey Todd..when I was a kid , we had a couch just like that !!LOL
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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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ricanefan
53 posts
Mar 05, 2010
2:25 AM
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The bass harps I've seen look like the one the woman is playing.
If you can track down some of Brendan Powers' videos for Suzuki, he's often accompanied by a bass harp player. I can't recall if they're on Suzuki's web site, but they are on YouTube.
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