[Harp-L] Overblowing on Chromatic

[Jonathan Metts <prairiedogpr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Winslow said:
"You can get overblows on a chromatic if you remove the right valves. 
Nobody seems to want to do that, though."

I've never tried that, but it sounds very difficult. Overblowing 
requires a really tight reed chamber, and chromatics tend to be very 
leaky due to the mechanisms (hence the use of valves by default). And 
since you can already get all the notes on a chromatic, what would be 
the motivation to play an overblow? It is essentially a single-reed bend 
since the primary reed is choked, so the tone isn't going to be any 
better (and likely worse) than a valved bend.

Jonathan Metts
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