From: Christian N Michalek Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 09:49:53 -0500 (CDT) Subject: overblowing wihout covers(was ob made easy)
the deal with overblowing with the covers off is nothing new. I suspect Steven Rousseau was damping the blow reed with his lip thus only letting the draw reed sound and produce an overblow. This can be confirmed by just touching the blow reed (for overblows) and blowing with only the draw reed sounding. Hold the draw reed for overdraws. Yes, overblowing is easier this way which is the idea behind the hank bonson overbow harp, but the real "trick" is being able t overblow/draw on a harp with the cover plates on. Gapping the reeds will help and rick epping recently posted a nice article on the subject. I also touch on the subject on my web page (which is grossly overdue for an update, but I've been sick for the past month and a half)www.umn.edu/nlhome/m515/micha018/wrldharp.htm
