Re: [Harp-L] burnishing

[Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim wrote:

>Burnishing/embossing heavily (closing the tolerances a great deal)
>will greatly brighten the tone of the harmonica. If I'm not
>mistaken, there was a patent granted on this process for accordions,
>though I don't have the details.

I suspect you maybe thinking of the accordion patent which covers
modifications to the end of the slot in order to remove some of the
brightness from the tone.

 -- Pat.