Re: [Harp-L] harmonica-terminology



One of things i love about our instrument is it's potential for double entendre. Like when i pull out my chromatic and someone says 'wow, you've got a big one' and other witticisms involving holes from which i will save your blushes. That could be just me being English and slightly unhinged of course.


Bill


----- Original Message ----- From: "Gus Harper" <gus_harper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] harmonica-terminology




Comb hole... or bung-hole, and your tongue is the bung...



Hole is much simpler... and easy to understand...



Life is one hole after another... from birth... 'til death... lots of holes to cover when playin' harmonica...



Your Harmonica Friend,



Gus Harper



--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Doug <mr4chnt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Doug <mr4chnt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] harmonica-terminology
> To: "Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 5:44 AM
> I meant my use of 'refined' to be a
> play on words, of sorts, but it was a red hering ;-).
>
>
> My goal is a clear exposition so I will probably follow the
> advice given and think carefully before introducing new
> terms.  Looking through some old patents I saw the word
> 'port' used (once) for the mouth hole on a chromatic and in
> other sources saw 'aperture' used for the hole in a
> slide.  I was optimistic that this might indicate that
> there was a body of widely accepted terminology, but it
> appears these were one-offs.
>
> It look like there's gonna be a whole lotta hyphenatin'
> goin' on!
>
> Doug H

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