Re: Tone

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At  9:19 AM 10/12/94 -0000, Tim Moody wrote:
>: a lump of metal and plastic shoved in my mouth?" - well, it's not the
>:lips that form the air column, it's the tongue and other bits of the mouth.
>
>That's right and I also noticed that the really great harp players like Big
>Water Horton didn't have any front teeth. I wonder if this contributed to
>their tone. If so, I'm knockin' mine out tomorrow! :-)

Strangely enough ... I managed to smash one of my top front fangs out (at
Jazz Fest, just as Aretha Franklyn cranked up).  Once I relearned how to
play without it (it was my 'finder' tooth) I can now get a harp that much
further into my face ...

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>Tim Moody

   -- hugh