Fat lower cover plates

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following is excerpted text from the harp-l of June 28, 1994.  I 
think this is the explanation of the fatter lower cover on the Lee 
Oskars.  I was the original poster of the info and it was obtained in a 
phone conversation with Danny Wilson of Lee Oskar Harmonicas. I don't 
have many new Lee Oskar's due to the fact that I have been using them so 
long that all I ever buy are new reedplates.  Strangely enough I did buy 
2 new harmonicas as spares in August of 1994.  An A and a C.  The C is 
normal and the A of course has a lower cover plate that is deeper than 
the top.    
FJM
>It seems that about a year ago they became aware of a
>problem with the last 2 draw notes on the lower pitched harmonicas.
>Specifically the low f and the a and the c melody maker.  The reeds were
>hitting the lower cover and rattling.  They claim the problem was fixed
>by using a deeper cover plate on the lower harmonicas.