[Harp-L] Why am I killing the 4-blow reed so quickly?

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

really? full bodied doesn't particularly mean HEAVY. Are we talking about two different things here?





I bend, hold, add vibrato, have been doing so for many years and haven't had any reeds killed on any of my harmonicas. I don't use force, but finesse and control. Granted, most players of diatonic haven't embraced the finesse not force aspect, but that doesn't mean that it isn't valid.



Wait, I did have a four hole inhale reed go flat - that was after playing in a too loud situation in which I let the control get out of control and just plain used FORCE.





 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>

To: icemanle@xxxxxxx

Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 12:52 pm

Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Why am I killing the 4-blow reed so quickly?













On Aug 30, 2009, at 8:49 AM, icemanle@xxxxxxx wrote:?


>  Leaving a bit of room under your sustained note created through > bending technique also allows you to play it truer in tune and > gives the space you need to sustain it and add a nice full bodied > vibrato.?

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Vibrato is what is killing the reed. Bending & holding is bad enough, but the HEAVY vibrato imparts undue strain because just as the molecules are trying to recover, you're forcing them back to where they don't want (voluntarily) to be. Reeds that are to be bent should  B E  designed for that (tempered). So far, I haven't seen any manufacturer take that into consideration. Dr. Henry Bahnson and I had spoken of this many times.?

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