Re: Coffee cup

["Howard Chandler" <chandler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

I've of one of those around here somewhere.  I never thought of using is for
that.  Fact of the matter is my better half picked it up somewhere and we've
never really been sure what it is.  I've been calling it a candle holder.
This is a much cooler use.  Now what to call it????



- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bobbie Giordano" <bobg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Coffee cup


>
> At 05:37 PM 3/26/2004 -0000, Tim Moyer wrote:
> >
> >Scorcher" wrote:
> >> Do any of you have any experience with this effect?
> >
> >At last year's SPAH, I played at some of the jams using a small
> >candle glass (about the size of a juice glass).
>
> Yeah, Votive glasses are pretty nice, come in all kinds of shapes and
> materials, both of which make a difference.  [Hi, Vern! :)]
>
> >Beth Kohnen played into a small brass cup, and that sounded VERY
> >cool.
>
> That was a small cup from some place like India that Richard Sleigh lent
to
> her; or maybe ended up giving to her.
>
> I too thought it was pretty radical, and after SPAH, set about finding
> something similar.  Amazing, but that size and shape is hard to find!
Found
> something on eBay that seemed about right, and old shotglass of brass or
> something from out West, but it was part of a package offering and all too
> expensive for my tastes at the time.
>
> However, I did find these!!  :)  http://www.tfn.net/~bobg/add4cupsharp.htm
>
> Hey, Smo-Joe!  How ya like mine!?!  [You're welcome to try 'em out at
> Buckeye, of course! ;)]  These are copper-clad measuring cups; inside is
> unknown metal, maybe nickel, tin or the like.  Cleaned up real easily
inside,
> but the outside was a BEAR!  The copper had really tarnished badly,
despite a
> finish over it which had begun wearing away and yellowing.  So, for a
couple
> hours, I scoured each one to bring up that lovely copper color!  [Ain't
they
> purty??]
>
> I reformed the handles [easy bending metal with a brass-colored finish] to
> fit snugly over my middle, ring and pinky fingers of the left hand.  They
are
> really fun to noodle with.  They usually come with handles that have a
sharp
> crook at the top, but with a little slow and careful adjustment, they can
be
> made to have a very smooth and comfortable curve, as mine have.  And the
> metal is flexible enough for the most minute adjustments to individual
> preferences.
>
> Also, with the varied sizes, you can get better sonic matches with the
harp
> you happen to be playing, but by adjusting the relationship to the open
air
> space [of cup and hand] with the opening you create for the air to flow in
> and out of [helmholtz style, IOW] you can make one cup enhance several
ranges
> of notes on one harp.
>
> And yes, I have tried it with two at a time, which is a hoot!!  Another is
> playing one inside a larger one at the same time.  Lots of fun effects.
You
> can manage at times to get pretty clear overtones on top of the
fundamentals.
>
> These appear actually quite frequently on eBay, I gather, and are usually
> referred to by that most ubiquitous term of all on eBay ... "Vintage".  ;)
I
> would suggest not going for them if a bidding war ensues, as it's likely
> there will be another auction for fairly identical ones coming up in the
> short future.
>
> These are really fun, and stackable, which is nice.  Since mine no longer
> have a protective finish, I keep them stacked together in a ziplock bag.
> Nice and compact for travel, too! ;)
>
> Cheers, harpers!
> =[BOBBIE]=
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