Re: [Harp-L] closed covers

[Douglas Tate <douglas.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

: )
Not wishing to start a major storm (as the one now passing through Florida 
... whoops! I'm IN Florida... tonight's the night)   I quote captron100 ... 
(Ron)

At 14:12 05/09/2004, you wrote:
>  I refrained from telling him of the scientific tests run
> by Harp-L'ers at the harp conventions, and that the results of the tests
> showed that the listener could not tell the difference in the sound of the 
> harp
> based on comb materials.

Scientific tests are run in places where the test can concentrate on the 
subject in hand, not be influenced by chat, distance, time between samples etc.
I do not question the two brave tests which have been done... I would defy 
anyone to be able to hear small differences between sound samples when a 
complete reed plate change has to be made between hearing samples or when 
there was significant chat between samples... this is what happened during 
these tests.  A brave attempt?  YES.  Scientific? NO.


>     It was said that, generally speaking, professions
> where subjectives do well include consultants, lawyers and professional
> musicians.  Professions of objective personality types: teachers.  (Hmm, I 
> wish i
> could remember more, but it's been a long time.)  Just a little insight into
> some of the things that go into the making of a person.

Wow ... as a teacher musician does that mean I have a split personality or 
am I a complete person?
Or does it mean I was a bad teacher and a good musician or a bad musician 
and a good teacher.
I do NOT want answers to that question, thank you!

I actually believe the info in this post, As  a teacher sort of incharge of 
going round many firms to place people you began to notice the 'types'  and 
Yes, they did fall into the sorts of categories mentioned.   The more 
interesting people were those who you couldn't categorise :))

Douglas t

>   Another interesting thing re this drive from the airport - after a stop at
> a diner where we ate breakfast, Howard excused himself from conversation,
> saying he wanted to warm up in prep for the seminar.  I heard him working 
> on a
> toungue blocking technique that i had never heard of at the time - he was
> practicing an octave riff where he played the run on the higher end of the 
> harp while
> simultaneously bending the lower notes!
>   At the time he was playing Filisko customized harps - Hohners with plastic
> combs, iirc, but don't quote me on that last one.
> ron
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