[Harp-L] Reed Tune-A-Matic

[captron100@xxxxxxx]

Jim, "Turbodog" Antaki wrote:

While fooling around with the "TurboSlide" harmonica - the one that uses magnets to bend the pitch, an idea came to me. 
Whereas the Seydel version can bend up to 1-1/2 steps.......snip.........  So my question to you - would any of you use such a feature? And if so,
which reed(s)do you most frequently find in need of fine-tuning?  And would 50 cents (1/4 step) make it worthwhile?


  Seydel version of what?  Seydel has a harp with magnetically tunable reeds?
  Answer to your question, it would be great if reeds were fine-tunable by 50 cents.  I think that the reeds that most frequently need tuning are 
my 2 thru 7, both blow and draw.  My #10 hole blow also seems to be often out of tune, even tho I don't play that particular reed extensively.
  Re your other post (subject: Reed Gap-a-Matic) asking which reed I would choose to be able to easily gap, my feeling that the most 
useful would be one of the main overdraw reeds - 4,5,6 OB and 7 OD.  In my experience, the OD on hole 7 is the hardest to adjust for OD'ing.
 Once again, thanks for your devoted research.  
ron - FL Keys