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Topic: Harmony Harmolin |
Andy Willoughby
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2018 7:17 am |
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Anyone else have one of these monsters? I’m ready to re-string it and REALLY unsure of what that will be...
It has two knee levers, one that adjusts up and one down
I even found the patent on line.
Working on a video. I bought it a few months back because I just could not resist.
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David Knutson
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Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 30 Jun 2018 9:55 am
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These are a strangely cool bit of steel guitar history. I got to mess with one several years ago, but it was not properly set up so a bit hard to appreciate. Yours looks in very nice shape - I just looked on Reverb and there's one in pretty sad condition for $630.
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 30 Jun 2018 10:26 am
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| Andy, I cant say I've ever seen one in as good of condition as yours. I would love to hear it. Haven't ever heard one in action. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 11:44 am
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I guess the place to start would be to see what 7-string tunings were around in 1932 when this thing was designed. The second question would be whether it was designed to implement overall tuning changes like the National Triplex and the Gibson Multiharp or string bends on the fly during a song, which seems about 20 years ahead of its time.
Okay, so it lowers the 3rd string and raises the 4th by a tone or a semitone. Raising the 5th interval of a tuning to the 6th would be pretty cool (like the A pedal on an E9 pedal steel, if I'm not mistaken) but usually that was the 3rd string and not the 4th of the tunings used back in the day. I hope others with more knowledge will weigh in. What a fascinating find! |
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Andy Willoughby
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 2:05 pm
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I have it tuned to a 7 string version of A6
E
A
E
F#
A
C#
E
That gives you a seventh with the 4th raised, but doesn't do much (useful) with the third string lowered. |
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