[Harp-L] re: Seydel Concerto

[David Payne <dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You mentioned  you got yours several years ago, before the tuning change. I know the tuning change occurred before I my affiliation with Seydel, so it would have to be before 2006 and likely made around the time Seydel was flat broke or immediately after Seydel was purchased by Niama Media and money started flowing again. There has been considerable improvement in all models since, which seems a possible explanation for the differences between you and Winslow and I.
Dave
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: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:27 -0400
From: Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] re: Seydel Concerto
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Winslow writes:

My Concerto was fine out of the box. After several days of fairly  
intensive playing, I find I have to warm the reeds into tune a little  
- some of the octaves sound slightly off when I first pick up the  
harp but settle in as I play. I may have to do some spot tuning a  
little later on."

Warming does nothing to help my Concertos, at least not the really  
bad notes; spot tunings for the upper octaves simply haven't helped-- 
they will not hold tune.  This dovetails with the post I had on  
consistency, as it seems people can have widely divergent experiences  
with the same models.



  ()()    JR "Bulldogge" Ross
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