Re: [Harp-L] Reed dimensions and tone

[Fernando Bresslau <ferbress@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/21/05, Chris Michalek <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Howard doesn't like the brightness of the marine band covers.  And
> even with the Sp20 covers he still puts black electrician's tape on
> the underneath to further dampen darken the sound.

I dare suggest that this is due to the presence of the lateral windows
in the MB covers.

> Filisko uses the Marine Bands due to tradition.  He could do what he
> does to anything else but he like the nostalgia of the old Marine
> Bands.  If he were making his harps out of big rivers, blues harps,
> sp20 etc...that what guys like Howard, me and everybody else would be
> using.  It's not so much what model of harp it more of how well
> Filisko makes them work.

Howard does give importance to the distance between lips and reeds.
Special20s have the mouthpiece, which puts the reeds about 2 mm
further. Another guess.

All the best,
Fernando