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From: "Jonathan Ross"
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 17:45:26 -0500
Subject: Re: Cross-positioned reeds on CX-12

David asks:
Is this design transparent to
> the player, or does it subtly affect maintenance, repair or play?
>
about cross-tuned chrom reedplates.

Well, IMO, it makes a huge difference, as the length of the slide is
greatly increased--I guess the technical term might be the stroke:) This
affects the way in which you manipulate the slide for trills, riffs, etc. .
.and this is about as basic a difference as you can get in a chrom.

JRR
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