Re: [Harp-L] Soaking harps

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

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From: "Ken Deifik" <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Soaking harps


> But I'm also the Gilligan of lots of stuff, so my mouth keeps going.  If 
> cold were to affect shape of the reeds in any way, wouldn't their very 
> thinness cause them to be more affected than the thicker plate?

No.  Everything expands/shrinks proportionally as a % of its linear 
dimension.  Think of the whole reedplate with its reeds and slots being 
printed on a sheet of rubber.  Then the rubber is stretched or unstretched 
by 10 ppm/degF.

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Vern

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