Re: [Harp-L] Range

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it has more to do with maintaining the
reed gap.  The extra weight could cause the gap to
change.

Seydel mentions this on their website somewhere...
I will have see if I can find it.


Ken H in OH


--- Tim Moyer - Working Man's Harps
<wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These are diatonics, but they DO have valves as
> shipped from the factory.  Maybe that's the reason
> for the recommendation?
>    
>   -tim
>   
> 
> Vern Smith <jevern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Hildebrand" 
> To: "Tim Moyer" ; 
> 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
> Visit my harmonica website
> www.Hands-Free-Chromatic.7p.com
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > --- Tim Moyer 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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