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AndyDK:
My name is Anders, but normally I use Andy. I have been playing diatonic for almost six years, but two years ago I bought the Hohner 270 to try chromatic. Didn't like the mouth piece and couldn't get a good sound out of it. Into the drawer it went. Last year I decided to try again, and bought a CX-12. Wonderful mouth piece, but still a lot of problems with sound. I decided that chromatic was not for me, and went back to diatonic.

Then my usually harmonica pusher sent me the Hohner Maintenance Kit. It is of limited use on my diatonics, so it was stored in the same drawer as the chromatics. Until a week ago, when I decided to have a look inside the chromatics. On the CX-12, I noticed  two windsavers that did not lay flat, and one that did not completely cover the hole. Found the trick with the pin and pressure to fix the first two, and managed to exchange the misplaced one with a new. All information found on this site.

What a difference this makes. The CX-12 sound great now, and is wonderful to play. I have a tendency to try to bend notes, and I find the slide action difficult. I keep my finger on the slide, and sometimes press it slightly unintentionally to create strange effects. All this will hopefully solve itself soon. I have always played my diatonics right out of the box, without problems, but clearly this is not possible with chromatics. I will try to open my 270 one day, but this seems a lot more complicated than the CX-12.

/Andy

John Broecker:
Hello, Anders (Andy).

Welcome to Slidemeister.

You have many harmonica friends here.

Best regards

John Broecker
Sussex, Wisconsin, USA

peevole:
Hi Andy
Welcome to this amazing forum. I've often wondered if there were any slidefolk in DK - I live in a small Danish town where I was surprised to discover one other who plays chrom, he actually drives down to Klingental and Trossingen for lessons! I'm sure there are many more in Copenhagen, Aarhus etc. At the moment I'm playing (mostly classical and folk) with a mixed group - violin, flute and piano - which is getting some great sounds, the chromatic building a sound-bridge between the flute and violin. Let me know if you know of any chromatic clubs, or similar, in DK.
Regards (and velkommen),
Peter.
 

AndyDK:
Thanks. It appears that this place is highly moderated, which usually makes for a nice friendly forum.

I started my musical education many years ago on the Scottish bagpipe. Did not play for many years, and then started again a few years ago with the harmonica. I mostly use the harmonica for sea shanties, which is my favorite musical genre. I am still quite new at the chromatic, as I just recently got them working properly.

Sadly, I have no knowledge of clubs in Denmark. The sea shanty community with regards to harmonicas consists of few, fragmented groups, and many individuals. In the three workplaces I have been the last 6 years, I have always found people to play with, and this has fulfilled my need so far. Often strange genres, but it's all good.

For some strange reason, it can be very difficult to find music teachers in Denmark. When I started playing again, I thought I would take some brush-up lessons on the piano, to help me regain sight reading and music theory. It turned out to be almost impossible to find a teacher. Music these days seems to be done on computers, with little need to actually learn an instrument.

/Andy

LJ ATKISON:
ANDY,

WELCOME.
YOUR ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THE PIANO & THE CHROMATIC HARMONICA ARE VERY SIMILAR IF NOT, TO ME, THE SAME. READING PIANO SHEET MUSIC & PLAYING THE CHROMATIC GO HAND IN HAND.
YOU'LL LOVE IT.
I'M IN THE U.S. NORTH OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

LJ

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