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From: ELDEREL~ol.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:49:40 EDT
Subject: ==A new approach=
In a message dated 6/2/99 7:12:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
pa~lobalnet.co.uk writes:

<< Of course - but I thought we were talking about timbral differences.

>Your "customer" probably hasn't been playing for years and tried
>every harp out there. Opinions without experience ain't worth much.

Why do you assume that this person must be a beginner? He has been playing
for the best part of three decades and is constantly trying different
harps, although I happen to think that he is wrong in this case. By the
way, why did you put the word "customer" in inverted commas?
>>

As you told it... you implied that you didnt agree with your customer. Also
you didnt mention that he was a veteran in harp playing. And the commas was
just to refer to your previous info. No snip was intended.

> Remember!... The sound and "feel" and "responce" and "control" and.. and..
>and ......

Of course - but I thought we were talking about timbral differences. >>

That was included...of course....This is my original post: "=="refer to
what I was talking about...

I play the GM for the particular tone and responce that it has over other
harps.== (note I said tone AND responce.)== I have tuned them all to just
intonation, valved the top end, gapped the reeds, and adjusted them to my
playing style. I have also tried the Micropore... but dont realy see a
difference.==( what I meant to say is 'improvement' )== I was tinkering on
one earlier, and I had a few different types of combs from different harps
laying around. Although the thread on comb material sounded so mixed on
opinions and any substantial evidence either way, I notice that harps DO
sound different,==( right? )==and there had to be good reasons for
this.==(This was in reference to the sound... but I am also noticing the feel
in different harps..)== I asked myself, self , why does the Golden Mel
feel/sound better to me?==( feel/sound)== Well I picked up the combs.. looked
at how they were made, and what size channels versus another..didnt see
enough to decide... not knowing how this has been thought out. I think that
it does have a slight == ( I said slight... )== contribution to the overall
sound. What caught my attention was that the GM comb was heavier and seemed
more solid.==(A personal observation)== The other combs I were focusing on
were the special 20, Big river, and the Lee oskar. I was told that the
composition of the reed alloy is about the same for most harps ... I would
think especially for Hohner.==( I was told wrong evidently. )== And I
remember that Joe Filisko makes his harp combs out of brass(at least the one
I read about)... and the Holy grail is made out of some kind of alloy. And I
am sure there are all kinds of diverse things going on of this nature.
Why?==( that was a good question..WHY? )== Does it really make a difference?
Drum symbols are made out of metal...not hard plastic... and you see how that
thought would play out. Try putting a hard rubber/plastic nut on a
guitar...then a brass/silver one.I know that the choice of materials will
make a difference.==( I should have expounded my illustration ...exluding the
cow ****...)== Even the covers and the amount of space underneath them. ==(
at least you agreed on something )= I believe that every thing in a harps construction makes for its finished
performance and playabilty.==( will you notice I said PERFORMANCE and
PLAYABILTY ) What got me to thinking about all this was the micropore sealing
I have been doing. I think that yea...it makes it slightly more airtight...
but I believe it absorbs some of the reverberence(?)and clarity because the
reed plates arent making a hard and close/tight connection to the comb.==(I
wasnt focusing on micropre so much as what it does to the reed plate/comb
relationship)== I have listened very closely to some harps in the same
key,make, and adjustment, that one was gasketed and the other,not. There is a
notable difference.==( in my test )== I would love to get some combs either
electroplated with silver/brass or some solid combs for my Golden Melodys.==(
which by the way may at least make them look cool...snip)= Just mulling some ideas around and postN them for everybodys opinion.==(
notice I said I was just mulling and just getting opinons ..of course..I
wasn't just talking about "timbre" differences...)= ...Pete

<hundredth time...>>

If this bothers you so.... just hit delete. I just wanted my ideas on the
subject to be kindly considered.

Pat... I appreciate your thoughts and wish you the best.

.....Harmonically...Pete



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