Re: [Harp-L] Seydel 1847 overblow-friendly

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

....gap, OK; emboss, can do; ....but what means "chamfer"?? I know what
the word means ("bevel symmetrically" - Oxford concise dictionary) - but
what's it mean harmonicalistically speaking?
Thanks in anticipation,
RD

>>> <Captron100@xxxxxxx> 30/07/2007 6:53:55 >>>
 
In a message dated 7/29/2007 2:43:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Ludo 
writes:

The harp I used here is a  G BTW, not the most obvious to have an easy
1 OB -
have you heard the  sample?  It comes out like a
bell.........snip......... I 
must say  Hohner's Marine Band Deluxe comes a very close second -
soundwise I 
find it a  beauty too.



Ludo, re you re-gapping the 1847, do u start your gapping by pushing 
the 
reed into the slot near the rivet?  Did the stainless  steel reeds
present any 
problems compared to brass reeds?  Were the SS  reeds harder to work
with?  Got 
any special tips?
  I now see that at some point I'll have to re-gap, emboss and chamfer 
mine. 
 What tool do u use to camfer along the edges of the slots?   I've only
used 
a glass cutter, as shown in Rupert Oysler's DVD, "Harp Repair  &
Maintenance".
 I have a nice tweaked gigging Bb SP20 which plays very  nicely for me,
which 
is another reason I haven't been motivated to tweak my  1847.
  No, sorry, I haven't heard your sample.  I'm on dial-up  and these
audio 
clips stop and start a million times so that they are damn near 
unlistenable, 
not to mention that they take forever to load.
  Has Hohner fixed the problem with not fully sealing those MB 
Deluxes, as 
stated on this list?
  Thanks for your review and suggestions, and for all your informative 
posts 
in the past.  Hey, weren't u the person who plays only on a C  harp?
ron



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