Re: bending and reed damage

["Eliot Williams" <WILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From:          "Drops_Micro.s@Random" <JOCKO@xxxxxxxx>

> this is called work hardening.  The brass becomes stiffer and more
> brittle.

> Note that the stiffer the reed the higher the note will be (for the same mass
> of reed).

If I understand this argument correctly, it implies that reeds should
produce a higher pitch as they are damaged by this process.  But
whenever a reed goes bad on one of my harps (usually the three or
five draw) it goes flat, not sharp.  So how come?  EW


Eliot C. Williams
University of Wisconsin Medical School
ecwillms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx