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Hungarian Dorombs · ZS20

"Rococo" Doromb

Zoltan Szilagyi

ZS20 "Rococo" jews harp with a moderately soft reed and loud, bright sound.

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Description

ZS20 "Rococo" jews harp with a moderately soft reed and loud, bright sound. Gaps are small and sensitivity is high - lightest touch giving distinctive result without efforts. Mechanic properties are not the best - elbow/knee is soft, moving in separate directions with intensive strikes, adding various vibrations - that player will hear and feel by finger. Reed tip is unfinished and can scratch finger. Randomly it can be weighted with tin, or copper wire. Size, pitch, gaps, volume and other acoustic properties can be considerably different from exemplar to exemplar. The frame is thin and easily squeezed under uncontrolled grip, yielding clanging. Overall character is lively - beginners will have many hours of pleasure playing this jews harp.

Specifications

Base frequency?

50–110Hz

lowerhigher
Gaps?

30–100µm

smallerwider
Reed stiffness?

40–80gf

softerstiffer
Frame stiffness?

40–120gf

softerstiffer
Frame length?

80–90mm

shorterlonger
Frame width?

53mm

narrowerwider
Frame thickness?

5mm

thinnerthicker
Reed length?

75–85mm

shorterlonger
Weight

25–30g

lighterheavier
Frame material

Steel

Reed material

Steel

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