Thanks Pete I'll try and gleen your info as much as I am technically able. I think I'll start off by working on tone . You know I'm in Joe Filisko's harp class. The guy has a JT-30 and a Yamaha amp and talk about tone. Jeez! Joe talks about making as large a resonating cavity with your mouth as possible and does demonstrate it quite well. He also talks about relaxing as one of the main requisites for just about every tecnique from train sounds to bending. It's kind of funny in class we'll all be jamming (about 20 of us) at once trying to make it sound like we all know what we're doing and then all of a sudden Joe will start playing and everyone gets kind of quiet. Thanks again, John User3434~ol.com