Re: [Harp-L] Middle F# copyright, fine print.

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize for my joke, I really don't want to make fun of anyone.
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Michael Rubin <
michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Did you copyright it by email and facebook, Joe?  If not, that might be
> your problem right there.
> Michael Rubin
> michaelrubinharmonica.com
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> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Nov 4, 2014, at 10:33 AM, JON KIP wrote:
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>> > Just so you all know, I'm in the process of copyrighting  middle F# as
>> played on a three octave chromatic harmonica. I've heard it  described as
>> simply " F# ", but more specifically, "on a three octave chromatic
>> harmonica having the bottom note as "C",  it's the note resulting from
>> inhaling (drawing) on the six hole with the slide in and the tongue not
>> covering the hole". I think that's right.
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>> Sorry Captain Kip. You may not pirate my F#. On 25 Sept. 1959, in an
>> effort to play doo-wop music, I changed the #5 draw from an F to an F#.
>> This allowed me to now play a plethora of tunes on ONE
>> diatonic which heretofore had required TWO harps. Then on Oct 23, I also
>> tuned the #9 draw to an F# thereby completing the package. On Nov 6 I
>> placed a wind saver on the #5 draw allowing that blow
>> note to be played down one flat.
>> On 21  Dec 1975 I demonstrated this tuning at the Ryman Christmas show.
>> So anyone who has used that tuning after that date owes me money. I watch
>> the mail box every day but for some inexplicable
>> reason, no one seems to want to pay me.
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>> smo-joe  rotflmao
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>> > WHY F#?
>> > That note is used a lot in music written in the key of "D Happy", as
>> opposed to music written in the key of "D Sad" , which uses the note "F
>> Natural", a note over which I claim no domain , mostly because it can
>> apparently (and confusingly)  be played several different ways, and the
>> paperwork involved to have specificity would be overwhelming.
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>> > And yes, to be honest, I did learn that F# note from Tommy Morgan, but
>> I think he's not patented or copyrighted it yet, and it's been over ten
>> years. He's had his opportunities.
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>> > As I understand it, all past use of F# is grandfathered into The
>> System, so no worries about The Past. For The Near Future,  just email me
>> how many F#s you've used, quarterly, I'll keep track, and, once my request
>> gets through the Legal System, I'll bill you when I know The Fee.
>> >
>> > For those of you who have been forced to tediously lower the pitch of
>> every reed on your favorite instrument in order to play in tune with The
>> Church Organ in December, you're safe, as there will never be a charge for
>> an "almost F#".
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>> > Those of you who retuned your harmonica to be in tune with the Tenor
>> Soloist on that one Unaccompanied Duet you have in church, might want to
>> rethink things.
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>> > Thanks.
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>> > jk
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>> > The philosopher Socrates, discovered to his dismay that he was the
>> smartest person in Athens merely because he, and he alone, recognized how
>> ignorant he was.
>> > http://jonkip.com
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