Re: [Harp-L] steel reeds



Thanks Vern! Seydel is committed to building the best harmonica possible, and to making it last as long as possible, and to provide the tools and information for players to repair their own harps when needed. I was expecting a "larger" announcement, on the website, and newsletter about this fantastic new development- the Stainless Steel reeds!! But I think they got "swamped" before the large music exposition in Frankfort that is taking place right now. They have some of the Stainless Steel harps there, and I should have some at Buckeye in April (to show and sell). This has been years in development, and under wraps, so now that it is finally out it is very exciting indeed! I have been playing a prototype (diatonic in C with Stainless Steel reeds) for some months and absolutely love it.

Rupert Oysler
www.harprepair.com



Vern Smith wrote:
Hats off to manufacturer Seydel! and to retailer Harponline!

This is, IMO, an extremely important innovation. If we want truly better harps, then this small harp manufacturer who is taking the risk on a new and better product should be supported. If fatigued or "blown out" reeds have ever been a problem for you, then you should try this new harp.

The engineering properties of steel show it to be a better spring and hence a better reed material. The steel reeds should be much more robust, holding their pitch more accurately and resisting metal fatigue much longer. Because steel is so much harder and more costly to machine than brass, the steel reeds are worth a premium price.

Don't expect the reeds to sound or behave any different from copper-alloy reeds. The sound does not emanate from the surface of the metal as does the sound from a bell. It is generated from the "chopping" of the airstream as does a siren. The mechanism for generating sound in a harmonica is the same for any reed material.

Let us hope that Seydel will follow up with a steel-reed, plastic-comb version of their Deluxe Chromatic.

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

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Subject: [Harp-L] steel reeds


hi

http://www.harponline.de/en_105_601.htm
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Gruß,Frank

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