Irish Harmonica Calliope House, Easter Breakfast

A few days ago I received my third Lucky 13 harmonica by Brendan Power, this time in D solo tuning. These harmonicas are really wonderful machines, with a great dynamic response and tremendous volume in fact, so far the Lucky 13 is the only harmonica I can bring to a session and still hear myself play over the roar of the pipes and accordions. They re halfvalved, which means that (like a chromatic harmonica) they need to be properly warmed up before playing, or the valves will get sticky and the reeds will sound, well, reedy. If I d have to name a negative point, it s that the reed platecover design follows the older Hohner style, which is a bit rough on the lips if you play very fast (like me). If they would ever be made with the Seydelstyle covers, where the comb wraps around the edge of the reed plate, this would be my, 1 favourite harmonica ever. Oh yes, the tunes are a jig by Dave Richardson called Calliope House, and a reel called Easter Breakfast by yours truly (which happens to be included in my