Re: [Harp-L] The final word on Comb Materials
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From: "David Payne" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The final word on Comb Materials
..............There can not be three people on this board
who haven't heard this stuff 40 times.
If everyone knows the arguments, then those who claim that
comb materials perceptibly affect tone must do so
deliberately, disregarding both acoustic theory and
empirical evidence to the contrary.
I was corrected on my statement, in passing, that diatonic
harps have "Richter tuning." I could argue that it isn't an
important distinction, everyone knew what I was talking
about, and I honestly thought that it was true. However,
because it isn't correct I won't do so again. I assume that
newbies look to Harp-l for correct information. Should we
not do our best to avoid misleading them?
I cannot initiate a bend without constricting the air flow
at or near the mouthpiece and drawing much harder. However,
I'm not going to state that as a fact because I have only my
own subjective experience with no hard evidence or theory to
support it. Besides that, there are people who know a lot
more about bending than I do.
Vern
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