[Harp-L] Reed gapping questions

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I should know the answers to these questions, but don't. Creeping 
senility or maybe exposure to Agent Orange while in Viet-Nam is the 
culprit, I guess. Anyway, the rule of thumb when gapping is that the 
gap should be as wide as the reed end is thick. OK, so what does either 
increasing the gap or decreasing that gap do to the sound produced 
and/or the playing characteristics of that reed?

Thanks,
Paul N.

PS: While I'm kidding about Agent Orange causing me to forget, that 
stuff really did cause a lot of not very nice problems - Parkinson's 
disease, a lot of cancers, etc. I got off easy with just diabetes.