Re: [Harp-L] Lip drag

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried TurboLids ?

Designed for Special 20's, but they will work on Marine Bands, if you use the little plastic shims that they can provide (stick them on the ass-end of the wood comb).  I have several on some low harps, and I really like them.

No lip drag on TurboLids, and you probably will not have to use "Astroglide" (is that the stuff that Clark Griswold sprayed on the bottom of his saucer sled ?).  I never heard of the stuff...  I could make lots of jokes about it...   if it it works, who cares...  if other harp players see you using it, they will probably try it !

Ken H in OH

--- On Wed, 11/24/10, Paul Bowering <paul_bowering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Paul Bowering <paul_bowering@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Lip drag
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 11:10 AM
> 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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