Re: [Harp-L] Combs!

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>
To: "Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Combs!


> Vern,
> True enough.  But I  don't know that "Summertime" which is a very  melodic 
> tune would be as good a test workout for tone as it is  affected by 
> changing airflow as, for example, Butterfield's "To Many  Drivers" might 
> be,  but a tune like that would introduce a lot of  variables that would 
> be difficult to keep constant.  Oh well....
> JP

I'll bet if you asked a hundred people to name a suitable test ditty, you 
would get a hundred answers.

I argue that the more complex the ditty, the more extraneous variables there 
are to obscure subtle differences of tone.  If there are differences of tone 
arising from comb materials, should they not appear in a single 
machine-blown note?

Vern
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