Re: [Harp-L] Regular D harps

[Ken Ficara <kenficara@xxxxxxxxx>]

And here I was thinking it was me. I have a D harp Tim Moyer made for
me, one of his T-bones, which is actually a retuned C harp, and unlike
most of the other D harps I play at jams (bluegrass jams, unamplified,
so I have to play pretty loud) the 4-draw is still sounding an E, as
opposed to the sour Eb found on the 4-draw of the D harps in my drawer
full of castaways.

Ken


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:48:51 -0300, Fernando Javier Toral
<ftoral@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "Ronald J. Parker" wrote
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> > Hi Gang,
> >      I don't post much...just read and learn.  I do agree with Pat that it probably doesn't matter which brand of harp you play if you are blowing out your reg. tuned D harps.  Almost every harp that has gone bad on me has been a reg. D harp.  Usually I blow out the 5 hole draw or at least make it play very flat.  This has been true for Hohner MS reeds (Blues harp), Special -20's, and MB's.  Since it usually only happens on the "D" harps, it has been interesting to follow the Harp-L members thoughts.  I had always thought is was only because I was improperly cranking down on the 5-draw.  This has been one reason I've never ordered a harp from Joe Filisko....I was afraid I'd automatically blow out the 5-draw with my bad technique.
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> > Ronny Parker
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> The first reed I broke was the fifth draw in a MB in C. Later I learned that I was forcing this reed with my awful draw technique, since I was not going to get a useful bent note there. Ah, since then, I broke no other...
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