Re: [Harp-L] Smaller profile chromatic for easier octaves?

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

You don't want closer hole spacing!  In one hole space you must shoehorn two .125" wide windsavers, a .050" comb partition, and some clearances between them.  Reducing the length of the leakage paths through the slide would make the harp leakier.  They are as close as they can be without drastic changes in the mechanical design.

Push the harp farther into your mouth when you play octaves.

Vern  


On Jun 3, 2012, at 10:55 PM, Joseph Leone wrote:

> 
> On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:04 AM, Dan Hazen wrote:
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>> Hi all. I have a tough time playing octaves on a standard chromatic (Hohner
>> 270).
> 
> Uh-huh, I'm listening. 
> 
>> Are there any with a smaller profile, and closer hole spacing?
> 
> You don't want that. Unless you're a Gelfling, your mouth is fairly normal sized and the webs at the corner of your mouth aren't going to be as close as ..say...a child's.
> So, unless you're mouth is like that one rock guy and you can swallow a coffee mug, your mouth is normal................  
>