Re: [Harp-L] Regular D harps

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My blow four is a problem on Bb, C and Ds


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>From: peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Regular D harps
>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:39:33 -0700
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>>am I the only one that has 4 Blow go flat 20-1 versus 4 draw going
>flat?
>>4 blow, being the enabler reed, takes the brunt of the abuse of the
>often 
>>used 4 draw bend.
>>-no?
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>>Michael Peloquin
>>http://www.globerecords.com/cgi-bin/db/search.cgi?specific=itemno&ph
>rase=GLO-025
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>>>From: Ken Ficara <kenficara@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>Reply-To: Ken Ficara <kenficara@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Regular D harps
>>>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:25:07 -0400
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>>>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
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>>>On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:48:51 -0300, Fernando Javier Toral
>>><ftoral@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> >
>>> > "Ronald J. Parker" wrote
>>> >
>>> > > 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
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>>>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.
>>> > >
>>> > > 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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>>>Ken Ficara
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Chris Michalek
Avenger of the Downtrodden