[Harp-L] Re: Will Scarlett

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> There were other people who did independently come with the enabler 
> reed principle, but long after Will did. Richard Sleigh came up with 
> a version the details of which I do not know. Brendan Power came up 
> with essentially the same idea as Will and got Suzuki to built a 3-
> reed system into a proototype 10-hole harp that was only slightly 
> larger than a standard diatonic. I have seen and played this 
> instrument; it works quite nicely. When Brendan read about Rick's 
> patent he and Suzuki dropped further work.

For what it's worth, I also tried Brendan's proto, and it's impressive. A 
lot more so than the XB-40. All those who tried it in St Aignan suggested 
that Brendan should resume work with Suzuki... 

Ben