[Harp-L] Reed design question.

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What does the length and/or width of a reed do to the playing characteristics of a reed? Say, for example, that I had three reeds all tuned to the same note and the middle one was of the "normal" size. One of the others was the same width as the normal but a mm or so longer and the other reed was the same length as the normal one, but a mm  wider. How much different would their playing characteristics be?
Thanks,
Paul N.
Tonawanda, NY
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