Very Best Tremolo Concert Harp https://youtu.be/8tzivKYP4pU VIDEO http://www.alansondheim.org/hohner1.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/hohner2.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/oncall.jpg A few days ago, a Hohner echo harmonica was offered on Craig's list for thirty dollars. I played one years ago, no longer had it. So we went out to East Providence and I bought this one. I didn't realize quite how large and elaborate it is, and possibly how old. It has four separate keys; I can move from one segment to another. Everything plays on it. I did some research, and given the case and construction, it's likely from 1890-1900. It sounds amazing. I'm playing it delicately, given its age. I'll rarely use it and might donate it eventually to an instrument museum if they're interested. The condition is amazing, and it's clear from the wear on the wood that it's been well-played. I keep thinking of hymn music. I'm putting up a few images and a couple of tunes I obviously made up on the run. Hymns, hymnody, hypnotic, contouring the normative softness of breath, breathing, nervousnesss, exhileration, anxiety, collapse in the failed face of God. Breathing makes the music as if everything worshipped, an uncomfortable image. But the playing of hymns, that's something else; I lean back on the chair, eyes half opened, mind half asleep, world collapsed, summoning the Godhead. __ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
