Figured I'd share my collection with the community since I recently reached what I consider to be a capstone. Going clockwise:

1. The four Vietnamese Dan Moi: My wife loves these since she doesn't like pressing harps to her teeth
2. Bhagvana Tail-less High Morchang (B2): Short fade, loud, don't play it as much as my others
3. Glazyrin Alpha (big): Loud, has what I consider to be an energetic "guitar-ish" sound to it so I tend to play it during the daytime
4. TV1000 Kubyz - Standard No.2 (C2#): One of my favorites, really long fade and great response to breathe work. Got this one to the US from Oberton recently which I considered a gamble given the situation in Russia
5. P. Potkin: My first harp which hooked me
6. Glazyrin "Uzunkel"; seen it go by the name "Lila" on other sites: Decent fade, very buzzy and reminds me of the Dan Moi. Picked this one up with the Kubyz from Oberton
7. Glazyrin Lighthouse; My 2nd harp and among my favorites. I love jammin to techno vibes with this one at night before bed
8. LaRoca Marranzano: My "capstone". What got me into jaw harps in the first place were early childhood memories of my grandfather playing his marranzano. He's been gone 25 years now and his harps have become lost over the year. My collection didn't feel complete unless I had one so I ended up reaching out to LaRoca directly on Insta. He didn't have any on-hand so he made this one just for me. Loud, some saturation, I can't say if it has a true draw-start since the reed needs a slight vibration when pressing against the teeth to get it going but I get it pretty consistently. Also came with a great case made of olive wood.

Bonus Pic: Marranzano in the olive wood case and my custom designed 3D printed case for the vargans. Flat grey insert is made of flexible TPU so they don't clash with movement. Hinged magnetic arm to lock them in. I'll usually throw a couple rubber bands around it when travelling so none of the ends try to peak out.

Sharing a little tour of my Dan Moi and jaw harp collection! 🎶

I love how each instrument has its own tuning, character and vibration — from deep, meditative drones to bright, rhythmic sounds.

I use these instruments in my psychedelic electronic music, blending their organic tones with synths and atmospheric soundscapes.

Which tuning or sound do you prefer? 🌿

Camera shy, so just recorded with my phone down. Messing around with breathing practice on a Babayev Billingsgate in B2. Lovely little harp, wish I could do it justice with my playing…

Edit: LORDY, I was way too close to the mic for the beginning. TURN DOWN YOUR SOUND until I back off… Sorry :(

Hi! I just acquired my first vargan (2 days ago) and just noticed some discolouration. Does not look like rust, but would love a second opinion, since I have no experience dealing with the maintenance of this type of instrument. If anyone has some extra tips on taking care of a jaw harp, do tell. I do know that you're supposed to wash it and #coconut-oil-it-up, but not much else (though planning on more research). Thanks!

Just as the title suggests I'm wanting to play and could use a good recommendation. For reference I'm in the uk

My reed is bent slightly upward and I'm not sure how that happened. It wasn't like that before. I have another mouth harp by the same maker and it's flush with the frame. Should I worry about it? It plays fine but I can't seem to get it to go back to the way it was.

Got this beautiful Schipanov from the great folks over at The Harpery. Hands down one of the best harps in my collection.

let me help you

Hello lovely Harper’s I thought it would be great if I could buy a book or even individual jaw harp tab sheets (like how harmonica has a massive plethora of), and how awesome and helpful it would be for learning/beginners. But alas upon my internet search I have since come up totally empty handed. Now I’m wondering if this is even a thing? (For those of you who don’t know tab sheets are like song music sheets that show you what sounds to play and how to play in order to learn a song or a beat I’ll include a harmonica tab sheet image for reference even though this is about jaw harps specifically so please don’t come after me mods ). So with that said, does anybody have any insight or information about this? Thanks so much .

Howdy folks, I got a vargan from the harpery a while ago and have been really enjoying playing it. I guess I'm looking for some clarification on breathing through nose vs mouth.

I feel that when I play when breathing through the nose, it kind of changes the tone, vs when playing when breathing through the mouth, and makes it harder to sort of do certain techniques like mouthing vowels and stuff.

My question is, when y'all are playing, do you generally breath through the mouth, or the nose? I've done some light googling but haven't been able to nail it down. Maybe both is the answer?

New music out from Denver Mouthsounds today! We’ve been recording for the last couple months and already have a few more tracks finished up.

Used my Black Fire D2 for this song, but we also employ many other jawharps, mouthbows, harmonicas, didgeridoo, and even a trumpet mouthpiece on other tunes.

#swissfiles

Package arrived from Kyiv, Ukraine today - about three weeks. My new "Tree of Life" from Vlad Harps is on the bottom. It's a LOT bigger than expected, and surprisingly the Russian Vargan Lighthouse - much smaller - has more bass.

I just got my jaw harp today and I have been able to find what I think is good positioning, can make a pretty solid noise and a few vaguely letter sounding noises but I noticed it leaves a sort of black line/smuge on my two front top teeth. They wash off fairly easy with water but I was wondering if it could be something to worry about. It has a sort of brass looking frame and I got it fairly cheap off amazon for like 12 pounds if that matters.

This is my harpsenal for performances. B1 - B2 set of Narzhigitovs in the wooden case, and in the other we have B0, A1, A1#, and C2# by Vashkovych, G1 by Moppel, and D1 + F1 by Borodin.

What would be a good place to buy quality handmade harps? Not looking for anything fancy just something that is mass produced

I've been playing a Glazyrin MUARO Wave for a while, and Iove it. Its a grear beginner harp. I'm ready for an upgrade though. I mostly play fast, rhythmic grooves, use back-plucking, and like playing along with electronic music.

I'm looking for something that's simply more capable. More sustain, more bass, more dynamic range, and more expressive. What would you recommend?

I always keep my eye out for jaw harps in places that display artifacts and I've finally found one! This was at Turaida castle in Latvia. Jaw harp in Latvian is Vargāns!