Re: [Harp-L] Comb materials debate (Vern)



On Sep 4, 2010, at 6:25 AM, geoff atkins wrote:

> Vern described experiments made with combs of different materials
> and that not one of 30 people present could hear any difference.
> (They perhaps had been sucking on the lead(!) comb).  :)
> To digress, I've had lead poisoning as a child, and almost 60 years later I
> can remember the agonizing headache and nausea. 
> Making a comb from lead was a foolhardy exercise, I hope Dr Walden didn't 
> suffer the same way.

The lead comb was played by a machine, not by Walden.

Vern





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