First I bought a three voice 96 bass Hohner. That was in May, to see if in my senility I could learn to play one of these oddly fangled chromatic buttony things. It seemed to be a success, so I rather rashly bought a newer Hohner Nova II with 80 basses. Made in China I believe, nothing wrong with that, but not so nice as the older one, and losing 16 basses didn’t make it magically featherweight. So I arranged to trade them for a more ambitious instrument. I understand it has a casotto, it’s certainly got many many more stops and switches. Huge variety in types of sound and chord voicing. But mainly it’s the size of a small car, and weighs only a smidgen less
That was last Thursday. On Friday I started to play it. Oh dear! My left shoulder, which usually aches after an hour, was screaming for mercy at 25 minutes. Hmm! Thinks I, perhaps I have overstepped the mark here. Anyway, I have persevered, and by adapting my posture and technique I think I may have cracked it. I’m never going to be able to play it for any length of time while standing, but I’m almost back to where I was with the Hohner, and the variety of sounds is such fun. It’s octave tuned and I was footling about with one of the LMH stops and busking the first few bars of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in Dmin. Such FUN!
That was last Thursday. On Friday I started to play it. Oh dear! My left shoulder, which usually aches after an hour, was screaming for mercy at 25 minutes. Hmm! Thinks I, perhaps I have overstepped the mark here. Anyway, I have persevered, and by adapting my posture and technique I think I may have cracked it. I’m never going to be able to play it for any length of time while standing, but I’m almost back to where I was with the Hohner, and the variety of sounds is such fun. It’s octave tuned and I was footling about with one of the LMH stops and busking the first few bars of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in Dmin. Such FUN!