Re: [Harp-L] Re: Original Hohner Pro Harp/painted covers

[Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let's not forget that Lee Oskars are tuned A441, which is slightly  
sharper than A440.
On 28 Jan 2009, at 20:42, Jonathan Ross wrote:

> On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:19 PM, John F. Potts wrote:
>
> > BUT, let's use a different reference point.  Most players i talk to  
> > think Lee Oskars sound BRIGHT (whether they happen to like them or  
> > not).  Do you contend that you sound the same whether you are  
> > playing a Lee Oskar in the key of C, a Marine Band in the key of C,  
> > or a Suzuki Hammond in the key of C?  No tonal differences?
>
> The side vents on the Marine Band may influence the tone, or at  
> least my perception of it by redirecting the sound.  Aside from  
> that, no significant tonal differences when I play different  
> diatonics--certainly none I would expect a listener could detect.   
> The initial sound produced by blowing them with a bellows or in a  
> non-playing style of all of these does have a very slightly  
> different tone.  I would suppose that is most likely do to the reed  
> scaling and then possibly other factors (neither cover-plate  
> material nor coating being one of those).  The main difference I  
> (and I suspect most people) would tend to hear when playing the  
> three harps mentioned would be one of temperament--the LO and PM are  
> 12TET, the MB is not.
>
>
> > How about if you play a Marine Band in C (which has vented  
> > covers)   and a Hohner Meisterklasse in C (which has full length  
> > unvented covers)? No tonal differences?  Really?

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