Re: Re: [Harp-L] Seydel,,to meditations on the Bb diatonic

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Fertig wrote:
> I think it was harp tech/harp meister Nicolas "Froggy" Fouquet 
> who told me the Hohner Bb, and lower, used longer reeds and 
> thus had greater sustain, or residual vibration.  

The reeds and slots of a C harp are long slot, the same length as those 
of a Bb.  Short slots start with the Db and up.  

-tim