Rare Item

Hand-Filed Jaw Harp from Germany

• Frame: classic shape, solid, stable
• Design: bright polished, with manufacturing marks
• Vibration behaviour: medium
• Sound characteristics: compact, defined
• Sound volume: medium
• Playing techniques: all
• Playing dynamics: rhythmic, dynamic
• Includes specially made wooden block

Innovation from the Czech Republic

• Revolutionary combination of plucking-, lip- and tooth Jaw Harp
• Frame: Compact, sealed, heavy but easy to hold
• Design: simple polished brass frame
• Vibration characteristics: short, bouncy
• Sound characteristics: penetrating, bright, clear, defined
• Sound volume: loud to very loud
• Playing techniques: especially mouth and larynx
• Playing dynamics: fast to very fast

Plucking jaw harp rarity from Japan

Frame: closed
Design: decorated with leather application, engraving, gemstone and signature
Vibration behaviour: very short
Sound characteristics: warm, compact
Sound volume: lower centre
Playing techniques: Mouth cavity, diaphragm
Playing dynamics: fast, rhythmic, dynamic
Personal impression: a very nice, playable collector's item

Experimental jaw harp from Russia

• Frame exceptionally stable due to being closed
• Design appealingly minimalist
• Vibration behavior effortlessly set in motion from a standstill, in the middle to upper range
• Sound very compact, with few overtones, very fine bass gradations, slightly resonant
• Volume medium, does not get louder through breathing like others, but rather bassier
• Playing techniques mainly involve the oral cavity and the larynx
• Playing dynamics slow, reverential, meditative, spherical, and underpinning