Steel
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
Lehrbuch mit Lippenmaultrommel
Text Book and Jaw Harp
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