[Harp-L] The reed issue

[Zombor Kovacs <zrkovacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all!

I have been fiddling around with harps for a while.
The most annoying thing for most of us is the fatique
of reeds. I guess that reed quality today is
determined by sales figures and somewhere half way
between what is profitable to manufacture and what
customers still buy because they accept the lifetime.
Maybe because they don't know that reeds can last
longer. If they lasted longer, the harmonica lasted
longer and sales figures would drop. Also price would
increase because of higher reed quality. 
But I am not willing to accept that we have to use
crap reeds, which are visibly crap. Has anybody tried
to make reeds? Of higher quality materials, from
different alloys with good surface etc. I would be
interested to know more about this topic.

Zombor - www.zovax.atw.hu


 
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