Description
Seydel Session Steel Harmonica – Richter
The Seydel Session Steel harmonica is the upgrade to Seydel’s successful Session model, and it comes presented with a bold new look and superior technical reliability, excellent playability and a fantastic sound. This is a blues harmonica with corrosion-free stainless steel reeds, ergonomic covers and plastic comb.
This is the Standard Richter tuned Session Steel, however you can also get it in Paddy Richter, PowerDraw, PowerBender, Melodic Maker, Circular/Melody King, Country, Natural Minor and Harmonic Minor. If you would like any of the other tunings please contact us. We also offer custom tuning such as equal temperament on special order.
- Ergonomic cover plates made of stainless steel, completely rounded at the mouthpiece
- ABS comb with recessed German Silver reed plates
- Rivets and screws made of stainless steel
- Lips and beard-friendly design
- Minimal air consumption achieved by fine-cut reed plates, optimised flatness and extremely
- Small tolerances between reed and reed plate
- Stainless steel reeds provide the best clear and full sound and response of the 1847 models
- Up to 5 times longer playing life compared to models with brass reeds
- Comes with a genuine leather pouch
- Tuning: Standard Richter
- Keys: Low C to F#
About Seydel
Seydel is the world’s oldest extant harmonica manufacturer and has been producing harmonicas and related accessories in Saxony, Germany, since the middle of the 19th century. After a period of state ownership during the division of Germany into the West and East, Seydel was returned to its original owners in the 1990s and subsequently purchased by its current owners early in the 21st century. It is now regarded as one of the leading producers of harmonicas in the world, and has built it reputation on durability, tone and quality. All Seydel harmonicas are manufactured in Germany.
Available Keys:
- C
- Low C
- A
- A Flat
- B
- B Flat
- D
- D Flat
- Low D
- Low D Flat
- E
- E Flat
- Low E
- Low E Flat
- F
- F Sharp
- Low F
- Low F Sharp
- G
Nigel Wardle (verified owner) –
Seydel seem to have deliberately designed this harmonica to look cheap, presumably to contrast it against their expensive 1847/ ‘Silver’ diatonics. Even the ‘real leather’ pouch it comes with is inferior to the one supplied with the 1847s. But for my money in every other respect, this beats the 1847s hands down. It is great to play; the cover plate design is a real improvement on the usual traditional shape favoured by most manufacturers, Seydel included. My first harmonica was a Hohner Super Vamper and although most modern diatonic harmonicas no longer suffer from rusting cover plates and warping combs, yet the basic shape has for the most part not changed in 50 years. I use Suzuki Pro Master, Lee Oskar and Seydel Silver and enjoy playing none more than the Session Steel. It plays true and sweet, but will also take as much torture as you care to give it; blow hard, blow soft -there’s plenty of volume. I’ll have to wait and see what its longevity is like, but would be very surprised if I don’t get years out of it.