From: Mr Benjamin R Day Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 13:02:34 GMT Subject: Bandmasters, Fever blisters and Jon Gindick
Hi.
This is my comments on many of the subjects floating around at the moment.
Bandmaster's are back? As a poor student (cue violins) this is good news for me. I'm sure LOs, Hohners and Suzuki Promasters are lovely, but being a student I can't keep going out and buying the good name brands, and I've found that the bandmasters I have do their job pretty well. Especially my D harp, not bad at all for #6, less than a third the price of a S20 here in England.
I haven't really experienced these 'fever blisters', but I do sometimes get slight irritations at the side of my mouth after playing for a while. I think this is caused by contact with cheap metals, a chemical reaction, rather than abrasion.
Maybe it's better with LOs whose plates are made from stainless steel, being more inert. Guess I should soon find ut, cos I've ordered a couple of LOs from Joe's Virtual Music Shop in the US. So much cheaper over there, even with the post and packing.
Finally, concerning Jon Gindick.
I was lucky enough to have Jon's book, Country and Blues Harmonica for the Musically Hopeless as my first book. A brilliant book, funny and informative and it makes learning harp so easy! Since then I've bought over teach yourself harp books, but none of them are as good. I guess if I hadn't bought Jon's book at the start, I would have given up by now. If you're reading this Jon, thanks a lot!
See ya, Ben. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benjamin R Day "Sail on Maria, Burn her to the ground Physics Dept. Slide your hand between her tears University of Surrey Until she comes. Guildford Wake up her mother, tell her you're sorry now Surrey All God's children walk before they run" GU2 5XH ph41~h.surrey.ac.uk from "Nothing But A Child" (01483) 61850 by Himalayans.
