Re: [Harp-L] Lip drag

[Chesper Nevins <chespernevins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Not sure what the possibilites are on the 10 hole.  I know that the
engraved numbers were bugging me on my Hering chromatic so I took the
bottom plate off another Hering chrom and replaced the engraved top
with it.  Now the top plate is nice and smooth and feels better.

Can you put a bottom plate (no engraving) on the top?

On 11/24/10, Paul Bowering <paul_bowering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I set up my own harps. I like Marine Bands because I can get them to
> wail. I'm
> no Spiers but I do pretty well for my needs. I get crisp, bendable overbends
> and
> general good playability. Basically, I'm satisfied with my reed work. What
> bugs
> me is that some licks I play on MBs are sloppy and less fluid than on other
> harps whose tone and feel I don't like as much.
>
> As best I can tell the problem is with lip drag on the Hohners. I think the
> cover plate engraving is slowing me down. Unlike the exposed reedplate edges
> the
> cover stamping isn't really uncomfortable; it just isn't as fast as those
> slick,
> laser engraved Suzukis. I tried spreading some AstroGlide personal lubricant
> on
> and that helps but I'll seem like a wierdo if I buy it by the caseful.
>
> I guess I'm just fishing for ideas to smooth the coverplates.
> And make those afore mentioned exposed reedplates more lip friendly.
> And round the end seam of the coverplates which Hohner should already do and
> in
> fact does do on the MS series but not Marine Bands or Special 20s.
>
> Paul
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