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Thread #32917   Message #436065
Posted By: GUEST,Mark. West Sussex U.K.
08-Apr-01 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: Help: What harmonica do I use?
Subject: RE: Help: What harmonica do I use.....?
Yes. I hate harp "lyres" (as I am told they are properly called). The Scottish group "Old Blind Dogs" use a harmonica on a mic stand in a thing that looks like a vacuum cleaner brush. I fine that a universal mic holder, which is basically a big spring clip, will hold most small harmonicas providing you pad the clip out with foam. I used upholstery foam off-cuts. You also need a boom mic to get the angle. I also have a weird piece of pipe with a clamp on a wing nut but I picked it up in a junk shop. It fits into ordinary mic holders and holds any harp providing you dont tighten it too much and squash the frame. But nobody knows what the hell this contraption is or what it was originally used for. I took it into several old-fashioned hardware stores but they just stared in bewilderment. Try the universal mic holder. It works for me and it is a cheap solution. I asked in a number of music shops for a purpose designed product but without success. Good luck.