In a message dated 5/31/02 2:11:13 PM Central Daylight Time, jjthaden@... writes: << By changing the slot profile do you mean altering the thickness of...
Spschndr@...
Jun 1, 2002 7:27 am
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Hey there everyone, the guidelines for Harp On! group have a couple of additions which I'd like to bring to people's attention. Its nothing particularly new :...
... but ... My thoughts are along a little different line, that it's not as much the thickness or thinness of the reed plate, but rather, how sharply it cuts...
In a message dated 6/1/02 12:31:22 PM Central Daylight Time, updraft942@... writes: << My thoughts are along a little different line, that it's not as much...
Spschndr@...
Jun 1, 2002 7:24 pm
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think as the reed plate is made thinner and thinner, the time that the reed allows air to pass reaches closer and closer to full time--the chop becomes very...
Dear group members, For those who will be in Hong Kong on 9 June (this Sunday), please consider attending my concert at 8pm at City Hall Theatre. Accompanied...
Hello, Harp On! Harmonica Resources is slowly growing http://www.angelfire.com/music/harmonica As well as leads to some of the most useful harmonica resources...
Another shameless plug from "The Harmaniac". By about 6pm MST three harmonica instrumental cover tunes will hold the top three positions in the Rock-N-Roll...
I'd like to suggest a simple experiment that some of you harp players may have already tried. First, remove the covers from the harp, exposing the reed...
... I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I'll give an answer anyway. When I drawreed is bend down first the drawreed itself starts to drop in pitch. After a...
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Douglas Tate
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Jun 5, 2002 5:59 pm
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SPAH 2002 ... Holiday Inn, Worthington, Columbus, Ohio ... 13-17th August 2001 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There is...
Douglas Tate
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Jun 5, 2002 7:28 pm
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... Tom, I'll bet this becomes a loooooong thread. Sounds like a simple, and interesting experiment. Bet you get a ton of technical info, as well as some folks...
Bill Price
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Jun 6, 2002 12:34 am
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Hi, As Tinus pointed out, bends on holes with a blow and draw reed both unvalved can, for much of their range, involve primarily or exclusively one reed, the...
... Hi G, Sorry to take so long to reply, but I was looking around the house to locate measurements I took on a borrow micrometer that had the thickness of the...
... the one ... tolerances, ... must ... across ... cause ... one uses ... Hey, Bob... have you ever tried tuning with 1000 or 2000 grit silicon carbide ...
... I have been using 100 grit paper for years, its teriffic. I have also been trying to get untuned hohner plates for years, no luck. I asked around when I...
Hey there Wild Willy, For tuning more than a semitone I use 150 grit wet and dry, then 400 grit for the fine tuning. I found the finer stuff took a lot of...
That would work well, G. I'm not typically retuning, just touching up the tuning. Still, with the 1000 grit, it only takes a few strokes. I especially like...
Forwarding a request from a player regarding the various abbreviations used in email, particularly those relating harmonica. I have seen a list some time ago,...
... some of ... of ... probably ... thanks, ... How about a giggle or two with a few old Harp-L posts to get you started, Bill? See below. A couple near the...
FWIW, while searching the Net for Harmonica Acronyms [with reference to the recent inquiry forwarded by Danny,] I tripped over this site. You just never know...
Hi Bobbie, Bob did switch from MB's to BH quite some time ago. Probably over a year or more. Regards, Johnny B P.S. Steven Tyer still plays BH after all these...
Johnny Bishop
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Jun 7, 2002 8:10 pm
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Coincidentally, John,... Just this past tuesday, Jim Cottingham and I just co-chaired a session at the Acoustic Society of America conference on the topic of...
Prof. J. "Turbodog" A...
turbodog@...
Jun 7, 2002 10:35 pm
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Can anybody comment on the ins and outs of fitting Hohner 270 plates onto a 12-hole Hering body? This would seem to marry the better reeds with a body and...
... Hi I've thought of that reedplate swap too. I don't have problems with reedlife, because I must (accidentally) play in a way that's not hard on reeds. ...
Bill Price
billprice@...
Jun 8, 2002 5:03 am
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i don't mind about those, who don't care KAKO STE ? HOW ARE YOU ? ( See english translation below. ) Ce zelite vedet, KDO SEM: Sem RObert IvaCiC, doma v...
Hey there reed fanatics. I've got quite a few comments offlist about the great posts we've had on Harp On! about reeds lately - so I'm passing that on to all...