Re: [Harp-L] New Harmonica products

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

I vaguely remember an arrangement that is supposed to be very fast and actually preferred by a few players.

Replace the button with a ring and remove the spring.  Then you push AND PULL the slide both ways.

 
On Jun 14, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Niall Tracey wrote:

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>> Springless Slides
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> This sounds genuinely inspired -- why did no-one think of this before?
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> There's a lot of information in a short space, so can I check I understand you?
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>>  Too strong of a spring will break through the wall of a wood or  
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>> plastic comb chromatic over time.
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> Too strong a magnet would do the same, wouldn't it?  Is your point here not maybe more that some chromatics are incorrectly specced than that springs are bad?
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>> When a spring is engaged there is a brief point  
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>> where it lifts the slide and pushes it against the  U channel causing  
>> friction at the spring hole and between the slide and U channel.
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> I have no idea what a U-channel is, but if I understand right, your saying that basically the spring doesn't operate in a straight line, so the slide doesn't operate in a straight line either, and rubs.  Correct?  I can see why that's a problem.
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>> What I subbed for springs are magnets.  Magnets allow the slide to  
>> float in the channel.
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>> Right now I'm working on slide button to fit over the outside magnet  
>> to make it less obvious.  If not,  the magnets are still stylish  
>> enough to leave as is, but the craftsman in me would like to provide a  
>> more finished product if possible.
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> I'm having a hard time picturing how the assembly's put together -- when can we expect to see it on the site?
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> Cheers,
> Níall.
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