Re: [Harp-L] low harp bending

["mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So sounds like the Thunderbirds in low tunings your happy with Shirley ?

Mike Wilbur 


On Oct 15, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Shirley Rowe <robertrowe2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> My low D Paddy tuned Seydel 1847 Noble draw bends 2, 3, and 4 effortlessly. My low D Thunderbird does as well. My Seydel has PT Gazell valves, but the 'bird is stock out of the box. 
> 
> On Oct 15, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 1. More embossing.
>> 2. More practice
>> 3. Try Seydel 1847 in LowC. I can even overblow holes 4 and higher on
>> my LowC and LowBb.
>> 4. Also recommend to tune down at least a halfstep using abrasive by
>> making reed base thinner and polished (lenghtwise tuning only!)
>> 
>> 2012/10/15 Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> I just tuned up a nice Lee Oskar Low C using silver solder on low F plates,
>>> down -5 semitones.
>>> Tone, response, and texture are simply delicious! But my low draw bends
>>> seem impossible below Draw 4.
>>> This is my lowest tuned harp with solder. Just above that, I draw bend
>>> fine with low D and low E. \
>>> 
>>> Have I reached the lower limit of how much lead a reed can hold?
>>> More embossing? More reed arcing? More Mojo?
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Thanks, Boris Plotnikov
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