Re: [Harp-L] Marine band

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm having good luck with stock Marine Bands lately as well. No comb swelling, good response (though, as with any harp, it can always be improved with tweaking.)

I'm also enjoying my HarpMasters and 1847s, just to be fair. But the Marine Band has come a long way from the bad old days.

Winslow
 
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 From: Jim Fitting <jfitting@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tom cox <tcslim@xxxxxxxxxxx>; harp el List <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 6:43 AM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Marine band
 







I still prefer Marine Bands after all these years. Partly because I am used to them I suppose, but mostly because they sound great and they can take it when I play hard (which I do a lot). I've found that I tend to blow out the crossover and custom harps pretty fast. So for me the Marine Band works great. They don't seem to swell up as much as they used to. Steve Baker mentioned them being sealed with a single layer of lacquer which might explain that.  Anyway count me in the standard M B 1896 camp.
Jim Fitting 


> From: tcslim@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:55:31 +0000
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Marine band
> 
> I'm wondering people's experience views on standard marine bands these days. My concern or query is do the combs still swell like they used to? I tend to buy deluxe these days. But need to consider a cheaper option at the moment. 
> 
> Cheers Tom 
> 
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