Re: [Harp-L] harmonicas are not guitars - effect of covers

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also heard the difference, but I felt that since I am mr. cellophane, no one would care what 'I' thought.
smokey-joe

On Oct 30, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

>  I heard the difference in those covers and it was startling.
>  
> I wasn't even aware that the test was going on at the time; Blackie Schackner had engaged me in conversation after the comb test, and while we were talking someone played the CX-12 with the brass covers. The sound was so different from what I'd been hearing that it grabbed my attention away from the conversation. 
>  
>  Also, I had no ideas one way or the other about cover materials, so there was no confirmation bias. 
> 
> Winslow
> 
> Winslow Yerxa
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> At SPAH97, listeners could not tell the difference between two CX12s, one with stock ABS and the other with bare brass covers.