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From: JOHN THADEN
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 09:36:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: a/b

>And trying to answer the question by FORCING the same technique will yield
>the wrong answer. The inherent leakiness of unmodified wooden bodied
>harps and necessity for different techniques is indeed part of the
>equation, and properly should not be ignored.
>
>The human playing the harmonica is part of the equation - an IMHO
>inseparable part if we want valid results in the long run.

A well-made wooden-bodied harp need be no more leaky than plastic, even
unmodified. OK, maybe one hasn't been made since the pre-war MB, but
nonetheless, airtightness should in my opinion be addressed as a separate
issue from the material of manufacture. For that issue, special "leaky"
plastic bodies could be used.

I have no problem with use of different techniques, with the caveat that
the player should truly have no preknowledge of the harp body material,
and some of the usual cues -- roughness and shape of the mouthpiece, for
instance -- should be disguised. -jjt