From: Bill Price Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:07:11 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Chromatic_Rattle_&_Hohner=B4s_? At 08:55 PM 8/26/99 EDT, WVE~ol.com wrote: >In a message dated 8/26/99 4:47:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >b-rou~ybernet.dk writes: > >>.......270..........same "nails into wood"............. > >We should each take a solemn oath to never again buy a harp with a wooden >comb!
...can I get an Amen?
> >A reed that is just stiffer, would have a higher pitch. If it were stiffer
>and heavier at the tip, or stiffer and longer, or some combination, it could >have the same pitch. A reed of the same shape and a different material such >as steel would have a different pitch. Two reeds of different materials can >be designed to have the exact same pitch and responsiveness. I have one >home-made stainless steel reed in my Farrell 270 that no one can find by its >sound or responsiveness.
...hey, great! You just answered a question that I hadn't quite formulated. So brass isn't the sacred "bell-metal" we've been led to believe? So we could have tougher material, less prone to metal fatigue and still get the same sound?
I suspected as much, but with all the BS (and if invited into an argument about it, I won't respond) about speaker wire with lengthwise Montevideo copper molecules sounding better than zip-cord, and the need for speaker wire of heavier gauge heavier than the AC cord powering the amplifier, it's a topic I wouldn't have brought up. Glad you did. Now _you'll_ be the blasphemer and I'll just sit back and get an education.
