Re: [Harp-L] Hering wood comb crack viel of mystery lifted

[dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The ones I'm talking about are the ones with what's like a regular chromatic comb, but then on the bottom, there is one piece of wood glued to it. 

--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Hering wood comb crack viel of mystery lifted
> To: dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 2:11 PM
> 
> On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:31 PM, dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> 
> > A few years ago, Hering had a lot of trouble with
> cracked combs on their chromatics. I guess they worked fine
> in Brazil, but they didn't fare so well up North.
> 
> There was a run of combs where the soft wood between the 3
> hardwood layers wasn't properly seasoned. As it dried it
> shrank. You can tell which ones they were. If they 'used' to
> smell horrible, that was them. (I have never had a problem
> with them, but mine are all old). :)
> 
> smokey-joe
>