[Harp-L] Re: practice harps

[Joe <abcdeasy@xxxxxxxxx>]

I practice with what I play at gigs/jams.

On Nov 1, 9:31 am, drori hammer <drori_ham...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, list!
>   Here`s a question I have not seen discussed here, but that I`ve been debating for a while: which harps to use for practicing on? For a long time I subscribed to the notion that I should save my best harps for gigs, cause it would be a bummer to blow a reed on my favorite harp while practicing, then not have it for the gig (although now I don`t ruin reeds as much as I did as a begginner - still , every harp "goes south" sooner or later) - I also figured that using a cheap, leaky old harp to practice on would be like a baseball player with a weight on his bat in the on-deck circle: when you get to the gig with a good harp, it`ll seem that much easier.
>   I started to doubt this wisdom when I started learning to overblow. What good is practicing on a harp which technically prevents you from using the technique you`re trying to learn?
>   How about all you guys who spend over $100 for a high-end customized harp (or even an out of the box Seydel 1847)? do you use that for practice, or save it for the gig?
>   I`m curious to hear your opinions
>
> Dov Hammerwww.dovhammer.comwww.myspace.com/dovhammer
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