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From: Hugh Messenger
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 14:02:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Proving the Existence of Fish

On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Pat Missin wrote:

> I was always curious as to what the difference actually was that people were
> reporting. The blind tests (very limited ones, I am the first to admit) I
> did with different harps seemed to show that many people claimed to be able
> to hear differences that they could not, in fact, hear.

As this argument has been ebbing and flowing on harp-l for a couple of
years now, I'd like to propose a Blind Taste Test.

We need two volunteers, one who asserts that comb materials make no
difference to sound, and one who thinks they do.

I'll dedicate as much space on the server as necessary to put up as many
CD quality samples as we need. The two proponents need to record the same
riff on as many harps as they have different comb materials.

I can build a simple web questionnaire for the rest of harp-l to fill out
when they've listened to the samples. I'd need input from both sides of
the debate as to which questions should be asked.

The proponents would have to promise to be fair and use the same tone and
technique on all instruments, no trickery to make them support your POV.

Lets settle this one, folks. Or at least get some empirical data to argue
about, rather than the "does", "doesn't", "does", "doesn't" debate.

-- hugh
- --
"An argument is a collected series of statements intended to support your
proposition, it's not the automatic gainsaying of anything the other
person says".

"Oh yes it is"

- M. Python.