Re: [Harp-L] 2 draw beginner question

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am doing just that.Thanks
Michael
On 2/22/10, David Harris <snakehead_1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Michael,
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> Don't be afraid of working on harps.
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> The most important theory stuff is in the chapter "Get Your Reeds in Shape"
> of the Richard Sleigh "Turbocharge Your Harmonica" book (pps 28-36).
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> If you read that chapter carefully and try what he suggests, you will
> understand what needs to be done.  The pictures are great learning tools.
>
> David Harris
> www.myspace.com/superdharris
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> From: michael rubin michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx
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> I honestly do not understand curve that well, by offset, do you mean
> gapping?  It was a few days ago, I do not remember anything other than
> I opened it up, fiddled with the reed and suddenly it worked.
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> You are asking a machinery idiot.
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> I have had great luck with gapping for overblows.  My method is much
> more rudimentary than most overblowers.
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> I have almost continuously gotten lucky fixing minor harp problems by
> opening up the harp, looking at the reed and just guessing which way
> to push the reed.
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> I am studying Sleigh's book and Oysler's video and have even taken
> lessons on machinery, but somehow the synapses of true understanding
> elude me.  I experience fear when trying to work on the harp.  I
> consider it a great victory when I take a chance to work on a harp.
> Not the fixing, the trying.  Recently I got serious about cleaning
> harps using Jason Ricci's Mongoose Free method.  I have successfully
> cleaned ten harps.  Next I will conquer tuning.  Then the world.
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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