[Harp-L] Marine Band Reed Plate Screws

["John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>]

Bill,

	If you chrome plate the covers you will make them heavier which will  
change the tone of the harmonica.  The heavier the cover plates, the  
LOUDER and BRIGHTER the harp will be, like the Hohner Meisterclasse  
MS and the Suzuki Pro Harp.  The covers on each of those models also  
have full length open backs and are unvented, which are design  
features that also increase volume, but the WEIGHT of the chrome  
plated covers has a lot to do with the very BRIGHT tone of those  
models.  I'm sure not everyone will agree with me about this, but I'm  
pretty confident that chrome plating the covers will brighten the  
tone considerably and will probably increase the volume as well,  
which may or may not be what you want.  Greater volume is usually not  
objectionable, but a very bright tone can change the entire character  
of the instrument.

JP