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From: Jimmy Gordon
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:28:00 -0700
Subject: Re:270 Chromatic Sliders

Hi Bobbie G!

How about that Blackie,Douglas,and Seigfreid?Haha.

Those guys couldn't start an argument between the _three_ of them! <:)

I guess that's the problem with having correct information,all the
experts already agree with you. <:)

I hope you don't mind,but I noticed a "communication discrepancy" in the
following and hope I can shed light on it, diplomatically.

Bobbie Giordano wrote:

> Then, BTW, Blackie wrote:

> > You can also lower a reed by inserting a shim (between reedplate and
> reed)
> > and pushing it gently toward the rivet pad...This extends the
> fulcrum
> > slightly, (the exact point from where the reed vibrates) ergo, a
> lower
> > pitch! (Thanks for that one John Infande!)


>
> This is a way I would think one might experiment with altered
> tunings....
> EXCEPT for one thing. What Blackie describes actually raises NOT
> lowers the
> pitch. Extending "the fulcrum" essentially SHORTENS the reed,
> therefore,
> making it's predominant natural pitch higher, not lower.


Blackie is correct,as are you,although a misunderstanding occurred here.

Although it was not specifically stated(there was a "..."),the "shim"
(stock,j.g.) is to be removed after lengthening the distance from the
"fulcrum" to the _free end_ of the reed,thus lowering the pitch,as
stated by Blackie,with credit to J. Infande.

If what you thought was being said described the insertion of a shim
which was then left near the root of the reed,and that the distance
increase discussed was from _rivet_ to the "fulcrum" then,as you said it
would certainly effectively shorten the reed,and thus raise pitch.

As long as everybody is in such agreement,I thought I would ask of the
four of you,Blackie,Douglas,Seigfreid,or Bobbie,which one told me that
if you tune your harmonica sharp and bent a note,
your slide would be flat? <:)

Or was it that if you bent your slide flat,your harmonica would look
sharp? <:)

Oh,I know.If you have to play the "Twist",sharpen your slide.I think
that's it. <:)

I still can't get over the "Polesky 'Fairweather Method' Self Induced
Sleep Depravation Seminar",I'm not sure who..One of you told me that.
<:)


<:)-Jimmy