Re: [Harp-L] steel reeds

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

Hats off to manufacturer Seydel! and to retailer Harponline!

This is, IMO, an extremely important innovation. If we want truly better 
harps, then this small harp manufacturer who is taking the risk on a new and 
better product should be supported.  If fatigued or "blown out" reeds have 
ever been a problem for you, then you should try this new harp.

The engineering properties of steel show it to be a better spring and hence 
a better reed material.  The steel reeds should be much more robust, holding 
their pitch more accurately and resisting metal fatigue much longer. 
Because steel is so much harder and more costly to machine than brass, the 
steel reeds are worth a premium price.

Don't expect the reeds to sound or behave any different from copper-alloy 
reeds.  The sound does not emanate from the surface of the metal as does the 
sound from a bell. It is generated from the "chopping" of the airstream as 
does a siren.  The mechanism for generating sound in a harmonica is the same 
for any reed material.

Let us hope that Seydel will  follow up with a steel-reed, plastic-comb 
version of their Deluxe Chromatic.

Vern
Visit my harmonica website www.Hands-Free-Chromatic.7p.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Evers" <frank@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:01 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] steel reeds


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