Re: [Harp-L] One more glass thing Types of glasses

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 13, 2006, at 5:46 AM, Jason Ricci wrote:

> I'm so searching for the right tin cup...and I'm always bringing harps 
> into
> pawn shops and stealing glasses from bars etc...I'm never satisfied 
> with any
> of them for very long..certain glasses seem to work better for certain 
> keys.
> I like the cheap,thin aluminum coment stated earlier I sort of look 
> for that
> in glass as well....I want a deep resonator and opening on the top 
> that's
> not to thin or too wide etc....I generally ask the bar for a whiskey 
> glass.
> J
The reason I mentioned cheap, thin is because an aluminum or steel pop 
can works really nice if not for two grating problems.
#1 after you cut the top off, you're left with a razor sharp edge that 
requires covering with masking tape to keep you from getting all sliced 
up.
#2  the cans are Soooo thin that they crush easily.

 Now you could cut the top 'inside' the welt, but thats pretty tough 
even with a GI can opener as it is set so deep. (I HAVE used a small 
pen knife). I HAVE tried various cups and glass items that a chef would 
use (daughter is a chef) but they are generally too robust and don't 
vibrate enough.

My first foray into the 'glass' world was to use an 'Ecco' anodized 
alum glass as made in the late 40s early 50s. They came in various 
candy apple colors (green, blue, red, orange). Mine happens to be 
green. Still, in all, they are a little too thick.

At a past spah, Winslow the Great used a chef's 'saucier' mixing carafe 
made of stainless steel. Stainless is usually a little too strong but 
beings that anything Winslow doesn't know ain't worth knowing (when it 
comes to presentation), he managed to get some really good sound out of 
it.

smokey-joe