Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] comb material




----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lavoie" <lavoie@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:54 PM
Subject: RE: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] comb material



Vern,
Explain this! I seal my malple wood combs with bees wax. I have a mini crock
pot and soak the comb completly for around three to five minutes. The
results are a seald comb that has a distinctive sound. Now, there was a
thread on Hohners Hand Made Marine Bands that the very front of the comb was
sealed but not the complete comb. Hohner stated that they wanted the sound
of the pear wood comb to project the sound from the natural pear wood. I
took my LaVoie Vermont Maple Wood comb and dipped the front of the comb,
about an 1/8th of an inch in the Vermont Bees Wax. When I assembled the
harmonica and played it, the tone and projection, was not even close to the
Vermont Maple Wood Comb that was soaked completly in Bees Wax. What's going
On?

Any comparison in which you know what material is being played isn't valid. You expected and /or wanted to hear a difference and you did. I'm not acusing you of deliberately trying to deceive anyone, just being subject to human nature as we all are.


I believe that sealing wood against the effects of moisture is a good idea if you must use wood. Having worked with maple, I agree that it is one of the better varieties of wood. However, metal or plastic is more stable and doesn't sound any different.

Vern
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