Re: [Harp-L] Marine Band Crossover
There's nothing new about bamboo combs. I made one out of a piece of
flooring when I did our home. It's a perfect thickness. It's easy.
Just takes a coping saw. Unlike a chromo (which has 'levels' and
requires milling).
smokey Joe & the Cafe s (at the Harbouside, no. Ft. Myers,..featuring
Craig Christman on sax).
On Apr 7, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Vern Smith wrote:
Bamboo may very well make an excellent mechanical comb material
because it is laminated, straight-grained, hard, stable in the
presence of moisture, readily available, and blonde.
I challenge the notion that bamboo or any other comb material
perceptibly affects the sound of a harmonica. If anyone can
demonstrate the ability to hear differences between pearwood and
bamboo combs under controlled conditions, they can win my $1000 wager!
You mentioned a "blind test" and that the participants played the
harps "without knowing
the others' preferences or the materials tested" . How were the
distinguished players or listeners denied the knowledge of the comb
materials in the harps that they were hearing or playing? What was
the test protocol?
I am also curious to know the mechanisms by which the properties of
comb materials perceptibly affect "volume, tone, response, bending,
overblow and general playability".....on a scale of 1 to 10!
Vern
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