Re: [Harp-L] Reed Profile - More Questions

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Robert Coble wrote:
>  Lest anyone wonder, I am NOT a machinist nor a mechanical engineer  
> (that must be painfully obvious to those of you who are experts in  
> those fields); I am a retired software engineer - and I intend to  
> stay as retired as I can afford! I'm interested in the topic of  
> harmonica (including reeds) design as a means to the end of making  
> my own harmonicas play better for me. I have no intention of trying  
> to compete with any commercial company. That said, I do wish Brad  
> Harrison good luck in creating his business; he's going to need it  
> to break into a long-established, VERY competitive and EXTREMELY  
> exacting environment.
> Regards,
> Crazy Bob
I also wish Brad the best of all possible luck. Lest anyone wonder, I  
am not an engineer. My upper education was in something called  
'business systems' (flow charting). Most of what I write on technical  
matters come from having gone to a technical trade school in my 10th  
and 12th grades. (11th spent at American H.S. Paris). I covered 4  
years of drafting, machining, and electrical in 2 years. I also  
absorbed my uncles handbooks on physics and chemistry.

My hands on experiences are as a salvage diver (underwater rigger)  
with the seebees of the navy. Sorry if I gave anyone the wrong idea 
(s). I have always been a tinkerer...back when I gave a tinkers  
damm.   lolol

smo-joe