[Harp-L] custom harmonica patents

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Brad Harrison writes:

"I updated the site yesterday with 6 more Custom Marine bands, ready  
for delivery with in 3 business days"



These are probably excellent harps, but how exactly are they  
"Custom"?  Doesn't "custom" or "customized" imply (actually, more  
than imply) that they are set-up specifically for the individual and  
preferably with that individiual's input?  Things like specific  
temperament/intonation, gap settings and the like.  There's nothing  
wrong with extremely modified, high-quality stock models (indeed,  
there's a lot right with that), but that's quite different from  
something which is "custom" made or "customized".



" With-in the next few weeks we will be updating the site with  
pictures of our totally new and revolutionary Patented Designs, that  
I have been working on for the past few years."



Sounds interesting.  What's the patent number?  I couldn't find  
anything under your name at the US patent office search sight, and I  
love reading musical instrument patents (indeed, I'm off to find a  
particularly interesting one tonight, though not a harmonica one).



"We are also getting very close to coming out with our own reeds  
produced here in our shop. We believe this new design and reeds will  
launch the harmonica into the 21st Century! Jason Ricci along with a  
very few select Top Pro players will also attest to this."



That sounds like a lot of work, but I can think of several modern  
methods for reed-making that might be interesting to pursue.  What  
material will they be made out of?  I have often thought that  
something very effective could be done updating some of Finn Magnus'  
ideas for injection molded reeds with modern plastics and the vast  
improvements in vacuum molding.  Probably more something for a mass  
manufacturing company to look into, but small, high-quality vacuum  
injection machines are easier to get now than in the past--if still  
fairly expensive.





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