Re: [Harp-L] Range




----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Hildebrand" <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Range



Seydel also makes a Low Low F !

I was reminded at the Buckeye, that these Seydel
Low harps should not be stored laying flat, due
to the added weight (solder) on these low reeds.

So store them standing up (holes on top) or
vertically (like in the Hetrick harmonica case).

Ken H in OH

This sounds very fishy! If the weight of a horizontal reed stresses it beyond its elastic limit, then it would not survive being played. If the reeds were plastic, then a small stress over a long period of time could possibly cause a permanent deflection. However, spring metals do not act that way. As long as a metal reed is not stressed beyond its elastic limit, its rest position will not change. The stresses are far greater on a reed being played than on a reed at rest in a horizontal position.


I'm not as sure about plastic windsavers, especially if the temperature and humidity cycles / changes. If you do it, do it for the windsavers and not the reeds. If it is a diatonic, don't worry about it.

Vern
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--- Tim Moyer <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Walter Joyce wrote:
> I just completed buying a full set of diatonic
harmonicas of all
> twelve keys in both registers available, thanks to
the recent
> efforts by Seydel. so from low Ab through low Db I
have the Sydel
> blues harp, then special 20s from low D through
low F#, Golden
> Mels for low G through high F# and a special 20
for the high G.

Oh, don't stop yet!  Seydel makes a high Ab and a
high A!  Both the
Session and the Favorit models at least.

> I'm a little disappointed I can only find sets
with all 12 keys
> in the Lee Oskar brand.

Lee Oskar also sells a low F and a high G in
standard tuning, I
believe.  These may not be available as part of a
set, but should be
available separately.

> What I like to do now when I play is to grab both
harps in the
> key I'm playing in and work between the two. I use
a lot of
> octaves and tongue blocking (although I can't bend
using TB yet).
> I like the variety of sounds I can get between the
two, and will
> often use the higher octave harp in second
position for soloing.

I do this a lot too.  It's nice to have the lower
harp for
background, vamping, etc., and then the extra
clarity to cut through
on the solo on the higher harp.  I do this a lot
when playing the F
and G.

-tim



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