Re: [Harp-L] RE: Rank Amateur Question - Do I have a couple ofbadharps?

["Bob Laughlin" <rlaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,,I hope my post didn't cause you to feel as if you had to "esplain
yourself". You'd been around the block ten times before I ever learned to
pedal.


I just thought I should bring up the potential that the poster (Bill Kumpke)
may have been unfamiliar with the difference in nomenclature between "notes"
and "holes".

As a beginner, he may not have discovered yet how to bend the lower, bigger
reeds, on the lower keys. His "same notes" may have been "same holes,
different notes".

Anyway,, again, I apologize if you feel my comments "pressed you into
answering". I wasn't trying to put you under the lights.

BL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe and Cass Leone" <leone@xxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] RE: Rank Amateur Question - Do I have a couple
ofbadharps?


>
> On Feb 12, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Bob Laughlin wrote:
>
> >> You answered your own questions in sentences 2 &3 with sentence #1
> >> :)    smo-joe
> >
> > UNLESS, the harps in question are of a different key.
>
> Yes. But when hole #3 was mentioned, a red light went off in my red
> light district. See more below.
>
> > I know he states that "these notes" are not giving him a problem on
> > his other harps, but maybe by
> > "these notes", he means "these holes", on harps of a different key.
>
> He wrote 'note', so that's what I went by.....   MY bad.
> >
> > If the harps that ARE working are in, say, the key of "D", or even
> > "K",,(I
> > have special harps in that key,,personally tuned,,), then the
> > respective
> > reeds in "those holes" may simply be easier to bend.
>
> I have  harps in Bb double sharp, and Hb. I never heard of one in K.
> As for lower G, Ab & A harps, I also have trouble bending them. But,
> (in my case), it would be holes 1 & 2, as opposed to 2 & 3. I can
> ALWAYS get 4 steps out of hole 3. But I agree. Lower tunings are
> harder to bend. As are the very high keys. I like to stay in the A,
> Bb, B, C, Db, D, Eb, E range.
> >
> > So,,the question is,,on the harps that he has no problem with,,are
> > they ALSO
> > in the keys of "A" and "G"?
>
> He did mention 2 harps. The Big River (softer reeds) and the Blues
> Harp (harder reeds....I never liked), so I was using what I felt was
> logic. Of course, Winslow ('THE' wizard,...as usual) asked for more
> details. I fully concur. To give a precise analysis we would have to
> have a lot more info. OR have the harp available for study. As it
> were, I was going by what was written, and on the surface, I
> ascertain (through an exhaustive system of ascertainments), that
> these 2 harps are (what I like to call) 'donors'.
> >
> > With the possibility of air leakage and/or insufficient mouth/throat
> > technique, the "A" and "G" harps are, indeed, more difficult to
> > bend, in the
> > low holes.
>
> Sure, I can dig it.
>
> smo-joe
> >
> > Maybe these holes also should be eliminated from the harmonica.
> > That would
> > make playing much simpler,,having a 2, 3, or a "no-hole" harmonica,
> > right?
> >
> > <G>
> >
> > BL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe and Cass Leone" <leone@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] RE: Rank Amateur Question - Do I have a
> > couple of
> > badharps?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On Feb 12, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Bill Kumpe wrote:
> >>> sentence #1....  I have no problem on these notes with my Special
> >>> 20's or my Suzuki's.
> >>
> >>> sentence #2.... Is it me or the harps?
> >>
> >>> sentence #3....Or is there even any way to tell from the
> >>> information I've given?
> >>>
> >>> Bill Kumpe
> >>>
> >> You answered your own questions in sentences 2 &3 with sentence #1
> >> :)    smo-joe
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