[Harp-L] tune the higher notes sharper or lower? - Richard Sleigh vs. Pat Missin

[captron100@xxxxxxx]

Vern replied..........I think that you are conflating two different subjects...................You can't use "just" intonation on a keyboard instrument or chromatic harmonica that is to be played in all keys.



  Hi, Vern.  Thanks for your reply.  But if my question was answered, it escaped me.  I stated that when tuning a harp for sweet chords Richard Sleigh tempers the tuning by tuning notes a tad higher as he goes up the harp towards the higher notes, whereas a couple of other experts suggested that tuning is done in the opposite manner - tuning down as you go up the harp towards the high notes.
  Let me try to clarify my question: when tuning a harmonica to play sweet chords (just intonation or a compromise tuning), do the higher notes of the octaves get tuned progressively higher or are they tuned progressively lower?
ron