Author Topic: 2. At what age did you start? (Read 24167 times)

SlideMeister · « **on:** October 17, 2011, 09:07:33 PM »

At what age did you start playing the Chromatic harmonica? (not the other kind)
Same rules apply as question #1

McManus · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2011, 09:45:00 PM »

October 2010

jimgrant · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:05:36 PM »

Around 1961.

Gnarly He Man · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:15:49 PM »

I think it was around 2003. I would have been 51.

pmelissakis · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:28:11 PM »

At first 1951 till 1958
Again at around 1980 something till now.

Pretty bad without SlideMeister - I hope all you whippersnappers
realize how lucky you are. Back in the day we would take a harmonica
apart and nobody would recognize it once it was put back together.

Pete

Bill Morris · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:59:02 PM »

1963 when the four man harmonica band changed from Marine Bands and a Goliath to chromatics, bass and chord.

SlideMeister · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2011, 11:15:22 PM »

No no! Not what year; What Age!!??

SlideMeister · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2011, 11:20:36 PM »

I switched to the Chromatic when I was eleven

rootboy · « **Reply #8 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:35:11 AM »

Age- In March of 2006' at age 56. Not a moment too soon.-Greg

McManus · « **Reply #9 on:** October 18, 2011, 08:48:55 AM »

Sorry, AGE. I was 63 in October 2010.

Grizzly · « **Reply #10 on:** October 18, 2011, 08:50:44 AM »

Sixty (early 2000).

Tom

Jimmy Halfnote · « **Reply #11 on:** October 18, 2011, 09:11:54 AM »

Around thirty years of age , but with big gaps along the way. ( excuses , excuses).

jh.

Bill Morris · « **Reply #12 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:20:19 PM »

Quote from: Bill Morris on October 17, 2011, 10:59:02 PM

1963 when the four man harmonica band changed from Marine Bands and a Goliath to chromatics, bass and chord.

OK Age, I was 14.

michael s · « **Reply #13 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:47:04 PM »

Playing chrom harmon since july 2010 (52 years age)

(Playing piano and piano accordion since aged 5 years !)

Gene D · « **Reply #14 on:** October 18, 2011, 01:57:16 PM »

I bought my first chromatic in April 1987. It was a Hohner 280. I was age 56.

Regards,
Gene Dodson

Danny G · « **Reply #15 on:** October 18, 2011, 02:37:36 PM »

I bought my first chromatic, a CBH-2016 at Henry's Music in Barberton, Ohio on my 31st birthday in March of 1978.

pmelissakis · « **Reply #16 on:** October 18, 2011, 07:18:58 PM »

dunno, around 15 maybe

Pete

pyro_fire60099 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 18, 2011, 07:26:24 PM »

Christmas Day when I was 7, Feb I turned 8

Gary Richardson · « **Reply #18 on:** October 18, 2011, 08:06:51 PM »

61 2010

Gary

smojoe · « **Reply #19 on:** October 19, 2011, 12:46:14 AM »

20 Mar 1955 (exactly 12.5 yrs. old).
12.5 to 14, I practiced
14 to 15 played at the Gardina del Mare (sea garden), in the corner of Luna Park, Naples Italy. (Tips)
16 to 17 played at the Austerlitz train station, Paris Fr. (Paid)
17.25 turned professional N.Y., N.Y., local 802 (mother signed)
17.75 left home, became a hobo, quit playing at 18.
In the 30 intervening years would pop up now and then and appear somewhere. Was blessed to have sat in with local and visiting out of town musicians in the Pittsburgh area. But never again pursued professional status.
48 met Herb Eck (1991), went to Steel Valley harmonica club, then to spah. Started playing again.
50 (Christmas 93), son was killed, quit playing
55 (1998) started playing again...IN Florida, had been active since.
69 (Sept 2011)...retired.

Martin Allegro · « **Reply #20 on:** October 19, 2011, 08:19:53 AM »

At 33 years old (August 20 ,2008)

Dennis · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2011, 11:49:09 AM »

About 6 weeks ago when I bought my very first harmonica (Super Chromonica 270). I'm 64!!

Dennis

Scotty · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2011, 07:39:24 PM »

Age 7/8 after beginning on a Tremolo. Played to Age 14 then stopped for 30+yrs. Began again. Strictly Amateur. Making up for lost time.

Elizabeth (a/k/a Scotty)

Ingo · « **Reply #23 on:** October 26, 2011, 07:02:23 PM »

6-10 Tremolos
10-69 Chromatic, bass,chord.

Immigrating to Canada from Denmark in 1965

Believed Canada to be wasteland for harmonica. (wrong)
Met Mo Vint 1981. Don Les and Mo played here.
First SPAH 1982 in Detroit. Met Harry Bee
Bernie Bray in the vicinity ( didn't get to meet him, though)
Pete Pedersen in Toronto in the 80's
Tommy Reilley seminar Toronto 1984

Winslow Yerxa · « **Reply #24 on:** October 26, 2011, 08:15:48 PM »

I was just turning 15 when I started playing diatonic. My mother knew that chromatic was supposed to be the harmonica that would play in all keys, so bought me one for my birthday, taking me to a music store and letting me choose the one I wanted (I chose a Koch 980 because they had it in stock, despite the warning that it wasn't completely chromatic, but soon after bought myself a 280).

So I've been playing diatonic and chromatic side by side since the beginning.

Back then the 980 probably cost $10. A 270 was $15 and a 280 was $20. Marine Bands were $3.25.

grstatdoc · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2011, 10:02:47 PM »

15 (July 1971)

miljoran · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2011, 04:08:47 PM »

Thanks Gary R. Makes me feel less alone.
I started two years ago, and I'm just turned 60.
Goran in Sweden

frozenpaw · « **Reply #27 on:** November 11, 2011, 02:18:44 PM »

aound age 12 chistmas 1947 got a 64 in my stocking

Darius Engineer · « **Reply #28 on:** November 14, 2011, 03:45:04 AM »

Around age 12 ie. in 1963.

Gustavo Casado · « **Reply #29 on:** November 22, 2011, 06:23:53 AM »

When I was 41.

Author Topic: 2. At what age did you start? (Read 24167 times)

pmelissakis

Bill Morris

rootboy

Jimmy Halfnote

Bill Morris

Gene D

pmelissakis

pyro_fire60099

Martin Allegro

Dennis

frozenpaw

Gustavo Casado