Re: [Harp-L] custom harps

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 14, 2004, at 9:43 AM, Douglas Tate wrote:

> Making certain that a player is not wading through molasses can allow 
> the brain time to think about the music and not have to concentrate on 
> different compensations for each note.
>
> Douglas t

 OH MY GOD. That's IT. That's the deal.....Man, I LOVE this 
stuff....all these years I have been compensating all over the place 
for each and every note. Having to coax, force, tickle, cajole, and use 
guile & artifice to get the harps to do what I want them to. Then when 
the reeds are ornery, sluggish, have jet lag, or won't "hold" a bend, 
it's like someone poured STP or transmission tune-up on them.(not THAT 
disimilar in consistency to molasses). I'm CONSTANTLY having to think 
of the notes WAY ahead of myself to remember how to "adjust". THANK 
you, THANK you Douggie the T

smo-joe
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