Re: Going Out Of Tune By Going Sharp?

[sawyer@xxxxxxx]

sawyer@xxxxxxx writes:
 > Can a reed go out of tune by going sharp?  Is there a remedy? I was
 > astonished this morning to find that the harp I played last night had
 > lost the tuning on draw 2 by going *up* about a quarter tone.
 > 	--Charlie

Just as mysteriously and suddenly as it appeared, the quarter tone
sharp disappeared from the Draw 2 of my Golden Melody.  Yesterday when
it sounded out of tune I compared it with a Lee Oscar and the pitch
was definitely different; I considered that it might be the equal
tempered tuning of the Golden Melody.  But then I compared it with
itself, Draw 2 vs. Blow 3.  The Draw 2 was decidedly sharper than the
Blow 3.

It just confirms my animistic view that the little tin sandwich
has a soul and a mind of its own.  Yesterday it just decided to be
sharp for a little while.  Maybe it was my ears.