[Harp-L] Re: Altering reed slots

[Rick Epping <rickepping@xxxxxxxxx>]

I shorten some of the reed slots on the octave harps I build using old 64
Chromonica reed plates.  I've uploaded some photos and a description of the
method I use:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1gBHHTCRH2MICbUp2rkP_A4GupOsMFhsnIoiNuL4m_Dg

Best regards,
Rick

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:37 PM, <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> From: Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Just reading a little Pat Missin and read about altering reed slots to
> accomodate shorter reeds . . .
> Do anyone reading these words alter their reed slots?
> Seems like (I am now realizing) that tunings like the one Michael Rubin
> proposed a few months back, with bass notes on top, would be fairly doable
> if one were to alter the reed plate (now why did I not consider that that
> was possible?) . . .
> Why, you could even manifest the "ska tuning" as proposed by my buddy Grant
> Osborne, where all reeds were tuned to the same note . . .
> If you needed a hobby, that is . . .
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