Re: [Harp-L] painted vs. shiny coverplates

["Mark Lavoie" <lavoie@xxxxxxxxx>]

AMEN
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MundHarp@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] painted vs. shiny coverplates


> Different strokes for different folks...
> Find what works for you!
> I know harp players who love THICK cover plates... Such as the
> "Meisterklasse" of "Danneker Blues" diatonic.... Others who like the thick 
> brass  cover
> plates on Siegfried Naurun's Custom Chromatics...
> YES a thick cover plate projects the sound forward...
> But I like THIN cover plates.
> On a 10 hole MS Diatonic, the "Blues Harp" coverplate, preferably silver
> plated, for extra "slip"..
> That makes the harmonica "come alive" in my hands, the thinner the cover
> plates, the more alive is the harp! (In my opinion)...
> Whatever turns you on!
> Try them all, and settle on what YOU like.
> John Walden
> London
> England
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