RE: [Harp-L] Huge achievement! Who's buying me drinks?



Yeah but can you bend the OB1 up a semi tone or a least get it in
tune and add vibrato?  :-)

To emboss a reed take a penny and lightly drag it over the reed slot.
Be careful not to do it too much or the reed will not sound.



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>---- Original Message ----
>From: jonathan.f.hill@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Huge achievement! Who's buying me drinks?
>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:28:36 -0500
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>>I finally got the OB on hole 1! And can do all the relevant OB/OD's
>on
>>the harp now (although the 9 OD is kinda screechy).
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>>Basically, I ordered Howard Levy's "New Directions for Harmonica"
>and
>>learned about adjusting my harps. So with the Lee Oskar kit I bought
>>about 3 weeks ago, I went to work on a few harps. I'm playing all
>>Special 20's except for my A harp which is a Blues Harp. What's
>>interesting about that one is that the slots in the reed-plates seem
>>to be narrower than the S20's. Well, after several adjustments and
>>tests, I was playing the one hole and unconsciously drew on it and
>>then blew and I realized I was playing the OB on the one hole! I did
>>it a few more times and then did the chromatic scale up and down...
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>>So...can someone tell me about embossing?
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Chris Michalek
Avenger of the Downtrodden






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