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Ukrainian Vargans · VB1075

"Vorskla" Vargan

A large, bass jaw harp with a brutal, anti-glamorous look with a sound that fully corresponds to the exterior.

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Description

A large, bass jaw harp with a brutal, anti-glamorous look with a sound that fully corresponds to the exterior. As the frame has lot of tool traces, dents and scratches, but performs its main task well, and the sound contains many irregularities, but it surely has a lot of it. The timbre is subdued, with a slightly gurgling coloring. The sensitivity is little above average, with a simple and understandable dependence of loudness on impact strength. The mechanics are good, the knee of the tongue does not hang out, it behaves clearly and predictably, and, being quite tough and heavy, shakes the head in the most gentle way. The difference between the models VB1073, VB1074, VB1075, VB1076 - in the length of the reed and, respectively, in the sound pitch and relative rigidity (listed in order of increasing frequency).

Specifications

Base frequency?

45–60Hz

lowerhigher
Gaps?

60–80µm

smallerwider
Reed stiffness?

90–110gf

softerstiffer
Frame stiffness?

300–400gf

softerstiffer
Frame length?

120–130mm

shorterlonger
Frame width?

45mm

narrowerwider
Frame thickness?

6mm

thinnerthicker
Reed length?

105–110mm

shorterlonger
Weight

65–70g

lighterheavier

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