Re: Which harps stay in tune longest?

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At 8:29 PM 2/19/95, Mike Curtis wrote:
>It seems to me that a newly filed reed is just a tad flat, and picks up a
>couple of hertz after it sits a while (anyone else notice this???)

Physically, a free-swing reed is a spring system and will generally have a
memory of it's last configuration. After tuning a reed one must make sure
the system is sprung. Gently plucking the reed a few times usually takes
care of this problem.

Rkt