Re: [Harp-L] Tuning down

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Winslow and Harp-l gang

I am lusting after a Saxony in augmented tuning starting on low E.
Unfortunately the Seydel HarpConfigurator will not give me what I want over
the whole range of the harp. Fortunately the low E tuning gets closer than
any other choice of starting note. Out-of-the-box the first two holes would
have reeds that need to be tuned down by a half step, whole step and minor
third. At the 12th hole one note would need to be tuned up a half step.

What do think? Think it is worth it?

MusiCal


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Minor third is no problem. Not sure what the practical limit would be; a
> wild guess might be about a tritone.
>
> Winslow Yerxa
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> From: Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>
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> When tuning a reed downward with solder what are the practical limits? Is
> tuning down by a minor third to much for the low reads?
>
> MusiCal
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