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#250377 - 12/07/08 12:53 PM
Re: Suggested breathing exercise
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The Hammond 44 must be a different animal altogether, judging by it's price of $549 sreet.
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#250378 - 12/07/08 01:05 PM
Re: Suggested breathing exercise
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#250380 - 12/07/08 04:54 PM
Re: Suggested breathing exercise
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Originally posted by Bernie9:
The Hammond 44 must be a different animal altogether, judging by it's price of $549 sreet. I'm guessing that the Hohner 32 that George is referring to is the S-32 student model which can be found online at a little under $50.00. The Hammond 44 is more equally compared to the Hohner HM-36 which is their pro version melodica. It has a street price of around $325.00. The Hammond 44 has 8 more keys, an internal microphone, comes with three choices of mouthpieces and a very nice custom padded nylon gig bag with shoulder strap and Hammond logo. The Hohner HM-36 comes with a single mouthpiece and a padded carrying case. A lot of thought also went into the case design; it is accented with woodgrain-look end caps, a brass instrument style water valve (us trombone players call'em spit valves), strap buttons, adjustable left hand strap, on-board volume control, and the case is vented to increase the tonal response when played acoustically. If the idea of having a melodica is of interest, you could surely by an S-32 to give it a try. But chances are you will find yourself wanting more keys, better tone, microphone, etc. I currently use a Suzuki Pro-37 and it is a beautiful instrument. I rigged up a wireless mic for it and run it through a Zoom G2.1u multi-effects pedal. My band mates and the audiences seem to really dig it. ------------------ Wm. David McMahan
LearnMyKeyboard
JazzItUp Band [This message has been edited by WDMcM (edited 12-08-2008).]
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#250390 - 12/10/08 05:51 AM
Re: Suggested breathing exercise
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Originally posted by FAEbGBD:
...I found the instrument to be kind of cool, doing different amounts of pitchbend on chord clusters; it's using pipes, not reeds, things like that... Actually the Claviola uses reeds just like a Melodion. The difference is the way in which the reeds are mounted on the reed plate and the placement of pipes above each reed. A harmonica responds to blowing and drawing right? Well, when you blow into a harmonica the reeds that respond are mounted on top of the reed plate and when you draw in air, it is the reeds on the bottom of the plate that respond. In other words, the sounding reed(s) move into the reed plate while producing sound. And on a harmonica it is the players hands, air pressure and constricting throat muscles that produce pitch bend. In essence, the Claviola is designed with the reed plate mounted backwards so that when air is blown into the instrument, the reeds move away from the reed plate. Pipes are placed over each reed and when air flow is restricted at the open end of these pipes, it is similar to when a harmonica player constricts his throat muscles lowering the pitch of the note being played. In fact, each pipe has a tuning slider to make fine adjustments to the instrument. Now here is a windblown keyboard instrument that does not use reeds. It is called the Suzuki Andes Recorder-Keyboard. It is basically a recorder whose tone holes are opened via a keyboard. Very unusual sounding. Andes Recorder-Keyboard Dave ------------------ Wm. David McMahan
LearnMyKeyboard
JazzItUp Band [This message has been edited by WDMcM (edited 12-10-2008).]
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The 44 weights just over 2 pounds.
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