Re: [Harp-L] Hering wood comb crack viel of mystery lifted

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:31 PM, dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> A few years ago, Hering had a lot of trouble with cracked combs on  
> their chromatics. I guess they worked fine in Brazil, but they  
> didn't fare so well up North.

There was a run of combs where the soft wood between the 3 hardwood  
layers wasn't properly seasoned. As it dried it shrank. You can tell  
which ones they were. If they 'used' to smell horrible, that was  
them. (I have never had a problem with them, but mine are all old). :)

smokey-joe