Re: [Harp-L] RE: Fatigue and Reed Life: An Objective Test?

[Frank Evers <frank@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Am Montag, 21. April 2008 schrieb Rick Dempster:
> Thanks for your reply Vern; all seems to make sense to me. I don't
> have a CX12, so I can't answer your closing question. I have no
> idea why the XB40 sounds louder. It is not valved in the sense that
> a chromatic is valved; there is still the sympathetic reed for air
> to be lost through, just the same as a 20 reed diatonic, so there
> is not simply more wind oscillating the reed.

However the sympathetic reed in a XB40 is gapped to zero, the reed is 
in line with the plate. This reduces air loss compared to a Sp20.

-- 
Gruß,Frank