Re: [Harp-L] Re: Seydel Super Low Harps

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim... Have you changed the way you store your harps ?
Have you noticed a difference ?

I've had my Seydel Low Low F for over a year now,
as well as a Low G, Low A, Low C, and I have not
had any problems with the the reeds settling (gaps
changing).

They sit upright (holes on top) in my Fender harpcase.
I'm interested in getting a Hetrick harp case, where 
the harps are stored vertically, mainly because I can
put more harps in it (wish they had a case to hold 60
diatonic harps!).

So I can only agree with what Seydel, Rupert Oysler,
and Jimi Lee have also told me.  I really do not care 
to prove them wrong.  If it works, I'm all for it;
besides, that's the way I store my harmonicas anyways.

I believe the key element here is 'time' (beside the 
'weight' factor).  Most harmonicas are in a state of
rest for long periods of time (mine are!).

Ken H in OH


--- Jim Broughton <jim.broughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well how about that! my first harp-l post and I
> screwed it up!  
> Apologies Ken, the message was to Vern...
> 
> On 25 May 2007, at 21:07, Jim Broughton wrote:
> 
> > Hello everyone - been a long time lurker, but I'm
> finally crawling  
> > out of the shadows...
> >
> > Anyway I was interested in this discussion and I
> had to chime in.  
> > I'm speaking from personal experience here. I have
> a Seydel Low G.  
> > When it was new it played perfectly and I (still)
> love both the  
> > quality of the harp and the lush low tone, but
> after putting it  
> > away for a week or so I noticed a strange
> phenomenon I'd never  
> > experienced with any other harp in all my years of
> playing - both  
> > reeds in the 1 hole sounding simultaneously. After
> a little while  
> > of gentle playing it corrected itself. Another
> time the harp had  
> > been put away for a couple of weeks whilst I was
> on holiday, when  
> > it next came out of the box  the 1 blow didn't
> sound at all - the  
> > gap had completely closed. A little gently
> adjustment and  
> > everything was fine, until next time the harp came
> out, when I had  
> > to adjust it all over again. I guess this puts
> unnecessary strain  
> > on the reed and I expect its life expectancy to be
> shorter than a  
> > standard register harp.
> >
> > I'm sorry if it doesn't fit your theoretical
> expectations Ken, but  
> > it is a very real phenomenon, the weighted reeds
> and gravity work  
> > to close the gap if the harp is stored in the
> wrong plane for too  
> > long.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 25 May 2007, at 20:12,
> harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Ken Hildebrand" <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Vern Smith"
> <jevern@xxxxxxx>;
> >> <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 10:39 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Range (Seydel Super Low
> Harps)
> >>
> >>
> >>> Here's the link to the Seydel website that has
> the
> >>> warnings (Important!):
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.seydel1847.de/epages/Seydel.sf/en_GB/? 
> >>> ObjectID=11717&Locale=en_GB
> >>
> >>
> >> You are correct that they say that the reeds can
> sag.  I would  
> >> like to talk
> >> to whomever wrote that statement.
> >> Just because they say it doesn't mean that it is
> correct.  Metal  
> >> reeds just
> >> do not behave that way.
> >>
> >> Vern
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
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