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Origin
editI'd like for this article to contain information regarding the orgin of Richter tuning. I assume Richter is a person's name, so who is he? How does he factor into the history of harmonicas? When did all of this happen? -Verdatum (talk) 15:17, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- Richter was a person, but
- His first name seems lost to history. (Chelminski has actually provided a first name for Richter (“Joseph”), but didn't say where he got it and has since admitted that he's forgot where he got it.)
- He wasn't the inventor of Richter tuning, whose origin also seems lost to history. Richter was apparently a maker of harmonicas, but just how the name of the tuning got associated with him is… well, yeah, lost to history.
- The introduction of Richter tuning to harmonicas occurred in the 19th Century. But one can find Richter-tuned accordions that predate these harmonicas. I don't know enough about the history of the accordion to know when Richter-tuned accordions first appeared. And I don't know whether one can find other sorts of instruments that were Richter-tuned before the accordion.
- Some or all of what I just told you is in Häffner and Lindenmüller, but I don't have it at hand to back-up any of what I just told you, so I cannot presently incorporate it into the article, and you're not in a great position to trust me. But I thought that I'd do what I could to address your curiosity. —SlamDiego←T 04:08, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
- Here's something that doesn't meet WIkipedia source guidelines, but may meet your requirements: “So just who was this Richter guy and what exactly did he invent?” by Pat Missin. —SlamDiego←T 04:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wow thanks! I didn't expect such a rapid and complete response. Obviously, the link provided isn't a peer reviewed journal or anything, but it is attributable to a single author. For a source, I would consider it better than nothing until we can find a published dissertation by a musicological anthropologist (slightly tongue-in-cheek). I'll see what content I can add when I get the chance. -Verdatum (talk) 13:30, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Tuning sequence
editIn the chart describing the original Richter tuning sequence, I believe that the sequence is a bit flawed. As I recall, for 10 holes, the tuning is:
hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 blow note C E G C E G C E G C draw note D G B D F A B D F A
and for 16 holes:
hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 blow note C E G C C E G C C E G C C E G C draw note D F A B D F A B D F A B D F A B
I do not know the Richter tuning for 12- and 14-holed C harmonicas, but I am absolutely sure that these are the standards for 10- and 16-holed ones. —BlueCaper (talk) 13:00, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- I think this 10 holes tuning sequence should be used in the Summary section of the article, instead of the 16 holes scheme which is there now. This 10-holes scheme is by far the most common scheme today, commonly referred to as "Richter tuning" (regardless of whatever that lost-in-history Mr. Richter really invented). Finding references should be easy, e.g. book Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN13: 9781118880760. This most common 10-hole scheme is not present in the article at all, although "Country tuning" refers to is as being modification of it.Vaclav.hanzl (talk) 09:28, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
Wouldn't it make more sense if each of the alternate tuning charts used the same key? It looks like some are using C (which is usually the default key for lessons) but other ones are using G, which makes quick comparisons harder. Nacoran (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
This article is really confusing. Most of the tunings seem to be for diatonic harmonicas. For consistency there should be one harmonica type (so, for instance a 10 hole) in one key. Also, since most of the other tunings are for diatonic harmonicas aside from not being a 10 hole layout the Richter tuning is not what you'd see on a Richter tuned harmonica. If the article covers multiple instruments it should show the layout differences between them. I don't know how to format on Wikipedia, but for a C diatonic 10 hole harmonica this doesn't match up.
The proper layout would be
C E G C E G C E G C D G B D F A B D F A
Someone else has pointed this out. If someone wants to help me with formatting I could help fix this article, but I just don't have the formatting skills. Nacoran (talk) 19:17, 18 September 2021 (UTC)