Marine Bands

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In talking to Joe Filisko abot SBS's and their lack of airthightness he 
said that he didn't think that it was leaks between the reed plates and 
the comb.  I don't know what he percieves as the actual  problem.  In HIP 
#4 the price for a Joe Filisko tweaked Marine Band was listed as $40-$50.
In the midst of all the overblow postings some one said maybe 5 overblow 
is different on a C harmonica,  That maybe you could get the F# and not a 
G.  F# is what you get.  The limit here is the higher note of the pair.  
In this case the F.  The F can only be overblown up to within about a 
semi-tone of it's original value, in this case F#.  This is true of all 
overblows, overdraws, and bends.  You always end up about a semitone 
above or below the lowest or highest reed of the pair.  Two very good 
sources of more information on this phenomenon are HIP#4 and Steve 
Baker's excellent book the Harp Handbook.  FJM