RE: [Harp-L] Steel reeds and tuning at the root

[Steve Shaw <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

> You were perceptive to notice that your 1847 stainless steel reeds were not
> tuned at the root of the reeds. I must take the covers off my own five year
> old 1847 and see whether the same applies.
> 
> Having a mechanical engineering background I would agree with you that
> introducing 'stress raisers' at the point of maximum stress in a component
> subject to cyclical loadings is not a good idea.
> 
> Since purchasing and playing an 1847 I have become a convert to stainless
> steel reeds. I am looking forward to getting my hands on one of Seydel's new
> "Samplers", which apparently feature S/S reeds in a chromatic "chassis".
> 
> Beannachtai
> 
> Aongus Mac Cana
> 

I'm still in mourning for the demise of the low D Special 20. Even Antony Dannecker can't do them for me any more!Anyway, I bought my first stainless steel harp, a low D Seydel Session Steel. I like the volume and tuning but I definitely need to do some tweakingapropos of gapping, and I also need to do the Paddy retune. 
If anyone who's had hands-on experience of tweaking  diatonic harps with steel reeds would like to pass on their experiences, I'd be very grateful