big harps
Wed, 01/14/2015 - 20:56
I don't even know what they are called?? I have a friend that wants to buy one . Any body know what they are called and where to buy??
Sun, 01/25/2015 - 11:18
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thanks for the info I will
thanks for the info I will pass it on. I am really not sure what he's looking for . I enjoyed looking thru the site
The standard 1 inch by 4 inch diatonic has many, many bigger cousins, so I'm hoping you have more information that might help narrow down the search.
Diatonics come in 12-hole and even 14-hole sizes that are sometimes pitched lower. For instance the Low D and Low C harps that Sonny Boy Williamson II used on "Bye Bye Bird."
Here's what those look like (click for a picture page that includes the 12-hole Marine Band 364 and 14-hole 365) (thoug they're actually bigger than they look relative to the standard 10-hole harps.
You might mean a chromatic harmonica, which has a button at theright front end that you can press in to change the note. These are much bigger than diatoncis and come in 12-hole and 16-hole (really big) sizes.
(Click for the chromatics on Hohner's website)
I'm guessing that you probably don't mean bass harmonicas (huge) or chord harmonicas (truly gigantic) - click for a page showing these.
Anything look like what you're after? If nothing clicks, maybe you can describe a song or video where you've seen or heard what you're looking for.