[Harp-L] Re: Harmonicas as safety vests.?

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had forgotten about that. That's good stuff. There was a Hohner Tremolo there and an F.R. Hotz. The Hohner was like the first shot I did on the Marine Band with Jason, it was a quartering angle that hit near where the coverplate and reedplate hit on the top. Deflected. 

The F.R. Hotz guy, the guy whose harp they showed the closeup of, wasn't so lucky. On that harp, a piece of shrapnel went entirely through the harmonica and came out the other side, no doubt, slowed down a bit, which could have saved his life, but I'm sure it was no fun for the original owner that day. The exit hole is far too small for it to have been a bullet, I'm pretty sure it was shrapnel. 

Thanks for showing me that, even though I'd seen I had forgotten. I need to see as many pics of those as I can before I start shooting for a more serious shirt pocket test. THere's all kinds of variables here, a bullet is going to be much more likely to pass through a harp fitting tightly in a pocket than a loose one, for example. Looking at the pics can help me figure out what's going on and reduce the number of variables I've gotta test.

Dave
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Elk River Harmonicas
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----- Original Message ----
From: hazcon <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:37:38 PM
Subject: Harmonicas as safety vests.?

Re the recent stuff about Harps saving soldiers lives ,heres some real life 
examples
Great BBC documentary series.This is episode 3, about half way through are 
the bullet proof Harmonicas
(apologies if this link has been posted before)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7i7-YO72HU
Rick In NZ