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Mondharp "Aurora Special"

Steven Stoop

The uniqueness of this instrument begins with the material from which it is made: it is high-hardness stainless steel.

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Description

The uniqueness of this instrument begins with the material from which it is made: it is high-hardness stainless steel. Neither the body nor the reed are practically not subject to corrosion and the design as a whole is very resistant to deformation and shows high stability during the most intense play. The precision of manufacturing is maximum, so the sound of the Special Aurora is one of the brightest, loudest, dynamic and, of course, beautiful.

Extremely hard reed provides a smooth and overflowing overtone playing, and the unusual shape of his reed trigger with a small ring and an angle of less than 90 degrees gives the jaw harp an explosive character, which is another unique feature of this mondharp. A stroke from the direction of itself slips; only they will not be able to rock the instrument. The reverse stroke - on himself - fully clings to the reed, then the most interesting begins. The instrument begins to sing at the top of its voice, and it is one of the strongest; the only difficulty is the need to accurately adjust the force and direction of the touch, otherwise the huge dynamic range is simply impossible to cope with. Accustomed to "chopping" on rough Yakutian homuses will be easier to adapt to the mechanics of this, especially easy is the style of hitting with a brush from above, rotated in the horizontal plane around the forearm.

It is made with and without tails.

Of the similar jaw harps - more modest Norwegian Munharpaless noble Dorombus Black Flame Hard and christoforov It's also just plain Nepalese murchungs.

Specifications

Base frequency?

75–105Hz

lowerhigher
Gaps?

100–200µm

smallerwider
Reed stiffness?

80–160gf

softerstiffer
Frame stiffness?

400–600gf

softerstiffer
Frame length?

80–110mm

shorterlonger
Frame width?

35mm

narrowerwider
Frame thickness?

7mm

thinnerthicker
Reed length?

70–100mm

shorterlonger
Weight

30–50g

lighterheavier
Material

Stainless steel

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