Re: Valves

[John Walder <walder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack Ely 466-0458 writes:
>
>     >> On the other hand, I agree that the Suzukis are way
>     >> overpriced, and it's not too tough to fit the valves yourself, if you
>     >> can get hold of them - I guess Farrell probably does them, and I'm sure
>     >> there used to be a guy who sold sheets of valve material that you just
>     >> cut valves out from - maybe someone (Jack Ely?) will remember who it
>     >> was.
>
>     F & R Farrell Co. does not sell valves (windsavers) - He receives new

I still have not figured out completely what valves/windsavers are and their
usefulness.  Can anyone draw a ascii picture to show me what the look like?

The only other explanation I could dig up about valves is the following:

 Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 09:51:01 CST
 From: <brand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 To: HARP-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 In-Reply-To: Bill Long's note of Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:00 EST
 Subject: harp mailinglist
    ...
    Harmonica Makers
        ...
        Suzuki makes high-priced, fairly high-quality harmonicas that
        are supposed to have some sort of revolutionary internal valves
        to enhance your sound.  I tried a few, thought they sounded
        very good, but not much better than a Special 20.  I didn't
        take one apart, but my guess what they mean by valves is a
        small plastic cover which prevents backflow of air over unused
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        reeds.  This has been common in Hohner Chromatics for many
        years, and it interferes with a rarely used technique of
        bending called overblowing.

So it looks like they go over the reeds.  How are they attached?

Thanks, John