Re: [Harp-L] harmonicas are not guitars - effect of covers

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

 I heard the difference in those covers and it was startling.
 
I wasn't even aware that the test was going on at the time; Blackie Schackner had engaged me in conversation after the comb test, and while we were talking someone played the CX-12 with the brass covers. The sound was so different from what I'd been hearing that it grabbed my attention away from the conversation. 
 
 Also, I had no ideas one way or the other about cover materials, so there was no confirmation bias. 

Winslow

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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] harmonicas are not guitars



At SPAH97, listeners could not tell the difference between two CX12s, one with stock ABS and the other with bare brass covers.