Re: [Harp-L] Re: OB's

[Mudharp@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/20/2004 6:52:33 AM Central Standard Time, 
IcemanLE@xxxxxxx writes:

> If they are taught as "no big deal", it just becomes another technique. 
> They 
> are no harder than teaching a new student how "not to bend" hole 2 inhale.
> 
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It may be just another technique but at the risk of sounding trite, done 
correctly it's a very technical technique. If it wasn't, then top customizers 
wouldn't be charging $150+ for specially set up OB harps, and people like Michalek 
wouldn't be saying "I was forced to play an out of the box Sp20 last weekend 
- Good thing it was only a blues gig...."

You can learn "not to bend" hole 2 inhale on an out of the box harp. You 
can't  (ok, make that I can't)  do a clean sustained hole 1 OB or hole 7 over draw 
on an out of the box harp.

T. Albanese