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DATE: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 17:16:54 CST
Subject: Re: G harp's killing me
From: Mark-Jason Dominus


> Bigger reeds make the G harder to bend. Takes more air to get them
> moving.

Physicists in the audience? How much more than the reeds on an A,
which I bend all over the place? Since I've been playing the A for over
a year with no trouble, advice aimed at beginners who can't bend
anything at all (such as `practice, practice, practice') is unlikely to
help.

> 2. Adjust the "action" of the lower reeds. The draw reeds are the
> obvious place to begin, but the blow reeds if set too high will leak
> more air too. (Action is the distance between the tip of the reed
> and the plane of the reed plate.) For general use, 1 to 2 reed
> thicknesses is the corect height. You might want to go lower or

This sounds worth while. How do you do it?