Re: [Harp-L] covers (was comb material)

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

Many claim to be able to hear differences until asked to record their 
perceptions under controlled conditions. Then they cannot demonstrate the 
ability that they claim. No one who wrote down what they heard on the data 
sheets got appreciably more correct (50%) than would be expected of random 
guessing.  That seems to me to be a far cry from "twice as loud".  If the 
sound were indeed "twice as loud", then everyone should have gotten it right 
almost every time.  The ones who claim extra sensitive ears should have 
gotten them all correct! In many instances the listeners would say there was 
a difference when the same harp was played twice or three times in 
succession and vice versa.  I still have the data sheets.

Vern
Visit my harmonica website www.Hands-Free-Chromatic.7p.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MundHarp@xxxxxxx>
To: <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] covers (was comb material)


> Dear Winslow & list...
> The two chromatics back at SPAH '97 were a regular black plastic Hohner
> CX-12 and a Siegrried's CB-12 custom version of the same chrom with brass
> covers... It was probably twice as loud as the original plastic one.
> I remember because it was me playing them!
> All the best
> John Walden
> London
> England
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