Re: [Harp-L] reed materials

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

The same material properties that make good springs make good reeds.

How many plastic springs do you see?

If you have guitars with steel and nylon strings, which do you have to tune 
more often?

Vern
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Sandoval" <randyharps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 10:10 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] reed materials


Your right Jonathan,
I overlooked plastics altogether. Didn't think about a lot of composites 
either. Boron?
Regarding reed shapes, I think a reed narrower at the free end would be 
highly resistant
to the torsional stall / overtone thing. Probably stall proof altogether. I 
could throw the turbo tape
in the garbage. Dream......
Randy
http://www.genesisharmonicas.net
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