Harp Microphone
suggestions for an original harp case?
hello to all blues maniacs. I'm an avid harp player that has blown his instrument for years, but always just for fun and not really practicing a lot. Lately I've been wanting to up my game, and have been buying some more harps and gonna buy a bullet microphone. Now I'm looking for some original suggestions for a good case to carry my harps and the mic in good safe conditions. Not a standard music case but something that adds a tad of fun to my "act" (in the lines of the handcuff case of the blues brothers) so what's your favorite transportation vessel for your harps and what do you suggest
I have been using aluminium tool cases for years, they are robust, inexpensive, are lockable, and look good when they are 'worn in'.
In mine i can carry.....18 harps, a JT30, an old 'crunchy' sounding stick mike, a Boss FDR-1 pedal, 2 12ft Jack leads, a power lead for my amp, small roll of gaffa tape, swiss army knife, lip balm and an A4 folder for my lyrics...i don't THINK i forgot anything....
I've also used, in the past, a Laptop case (very well padded), various backpacks, and a REALLY old briefcase like the one you describe,which needs some TLC, but if you are anywhere near Southend in Essex, you are welcome to!!
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A Brief History of Musical Instruments
No one is certain when the first musical instruments were made. It's possible that they predate language in human cultural development, but I'll leave that argument to the anthropologists. What is sure is that there is a deep, ancient desire within people to express themselves using sound. Our voices were almost certainly used for more than communication. Somehow that was not enough. Our ancestors pushed creative sound further.
The first instruments were probably percussive because they are the simplest to make. Clapping hands or striking flint on flint, it's easy to imagine that this would be our earliest attempts to make our own rhythm, our own pulse, sent out into the world and echoed back. What likely followed were simple mallets and skins stretched on bowls. What makes these tools so distinct is that they had no other purpose than create a controlled, predictable sound. Our modern drums are a descendant of this type of early instrument.
Most likely wind instruments came next. These could have been created relatively easily with a hollowed out plant stem or animal horn to create a simple flute or horn. This innovation gave a greater range of notes and pitches. Another feature is that it uses breathing to generate and control the sonic effects, more closely resembling our vocal chords. Further technical advancements in smelting and metal working gave us instruments with more sound making precision and exceptional durability. Modern trumpets and saxophones are closely related to these early instruments.
Stringed instruments likely came last. Egyptian records indicate that instruments using vibrating strings existed at the time of the pharaohs, near the dawn of recorded civilization. Lyres and harps are early examples and their manufacture required a dedicated craftsman. This instrument gave us harmony and chording on one device giving greater sonic possibilities to a single musician. A later development added a resonating chamber making the instruments potentially louder. Violins and guitars are modern string instruments. Modern pianos are a special hybrid; it has hammers that strike the strings making it percussive and stringed.
The control and use of electricity took musical instruments to a completely new level with developments like the microphone and amplifier. Guitars had pick-ups added, keyboards had wave form manipulation and the most mind-boggling innovations have come with computers and digital music. Experiments are being conducted to create plasma instruments and other advances could bring instruments that interface directly with our brains.
Like our ancestors, we still use sound to create and the instruments we use are developed along with our technology. We keep stretching the possibilities toward the horizon and when we arrive, I believe we will find more horizon to explore.
© Alan Phillips
About the Author
Alan Phillips is a freelance writer, he retired from the US Army in 2000 and has spent the last few years in Computer Technology. He currently resides in Texas, USA with his wife and owns and operates www.instrumentjunction.com offering Acoustic Guitars, Acoustic Electric Guitars and Amplifiers.
