Well, I have gotten several responses about comb material and before I go
any further, it seems that history is repeating itself.
Please see the following link which refers to a study done by SPAH in
1998
and reported on this very list.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/jhm.vangastel/Harmonica/combs.htm
If that information is accurate then this whole conversation might be a
waste of time. Also I found this site as well which nobody seems to be
aware of:
http://www.middlebury.net/lavoie/
However, there is no shopping cart and if you go here
http://www.marklavoie.com/ you will see that Mark Lavoie has taken the
year
off. It's kind of comical, but what the hey.
Having said that, based upon the feedback I have received, and
conversations
that I have had with my woodworking friend, I feel like we have made some
progress. The consensus is that maple would be a good wood to use.
Maple
is used to make cutting boards, it is very hard, does not swell when it
gets
wet and is readily available. So if we are going to move forward with
this
experiment, maple would be a good place to start and my woodworking
friend
does have the necessary equipment to produce the combs economically.
The final piece of the puzzle is..which comb should we make? So please
consider this a survey question. Since I am going to try to keep my cost
to
a minimum, I'm only going to make one comb on the first run, so for those
of
you who are interested, let's hear your preference. Marine Band?
Special
20? What?
If we can get a consensus and if the cost of production is not too high,
then I will get some combs made and send them to anyone who is interested
in
helping me do market research. Gratis. No strings attached. Just a fun
experiment. Let me know.
Tom H.
Clearwater, FL
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