Re: [Harp-L] closed covers

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "fjm" <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:52 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] closed covers


> While many customised harmonicas have opened up coverplates this is not
> a universal preference.  Jason Ricci was showing me his custom bodied
> Golden Melodys and expressing a very strong preference for the closed
> cover plate design.  He likes the tone.  He went so far as to play a
> string of licks on his harmonica and then switched to an open cover
> harmonica to show me how different the two sounded.  Of course it was
> all amazing but if he likes the closed cover design I'm not going to
> argue.  fjm

Hi,
Having played a Bushman Delta Frost, which like a Golden Melody is equal
tuned, I've found that to my ears, the more closed back appears to make the
equal tuned chords sound less harsh, darker, and warmer sounding with the
12TET tuning, and tho I am not a fan of equal tuned diatonics, this is one
of the few 12TET tuned diatonics I actually liked playing.

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
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