Re: [Harp-L] improving the harmonica (SBS harps)

["Fernando Bresslau" <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16/02/07, Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't have one at hand as I write Winslow, but am I not correct in
> saying that the 'teeth' of the comb are wider than on the smaller
> diatonics, and hence the holes further apart? and if that's so, why? I
> don't mind it being fatter, broader or longer.
> RD



Well, the 364 and 365 Marine Band harmonicas, including, of course, the SBS,
use chromatic harmonica reeds, and, if I am not mistaken, they also have the
same distance between reeds as chromatic harmonicas (same tool, with half
the slots left out). This is probably the reason, why these harmonicas have
the wider spacing.

Cheers,
Fernando