Re: [Harp-L] Double thickness reed plates? [getting long]
- To: Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Double thickness reed plates? [getting long]
- From: Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:14:55 -0700
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> On Apr 7, 2016, at 5:44 AM, Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> …….I think it is a simple matter of the closing reed swinging wider and then the greater energy stored in it as a cantilevered spring causing a like increase in the magnitude of the opening reed's travel in the opposite direction, etc. This results in a louder sound because more air flow is chopped by the reed but causes no real change in the timbre of the sound compared to a single reed plate…..
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> What makes you think that a thicker plate makes the reed swing wider? IF this were true, there would be greater stress in the reed and its life would be shorter.
Vern
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