Fwd: [Harp-L] duplicate reeds, different sizes, chromatic

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: September 16, 2013 7:16:05 PM EDT
> To: JON KIP <jonkip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] duplicate reeds, different sizes, chromatic
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> On Sep 16, 2013, at 4:46 PM, JON KIP wrote:
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>> I'm wondering, and not for the first time, why the reeds for the duplicated notes, for instance,  the duplicated C's, are made with different sized reeds....next to each other, providing the same pitch....
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> The slots seem to be in groups of 2 the same length. Then the B# (4 draw) reeds are the same as the #4 C blow reeds.  But the #5 blow C is smaller. And while it has a much smaller weight, the thickness seems greater at the rivet ends..which would counteract the tendency for the shorter reed to be higher. Exactly why this is so eludes me BUT I have a suspicion that they 'rough' cut reeds to a few lengths (maybe 6) and then mill some of them (like the longer sizes) to have a weighted tip. 
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>> I know it works, because....it does...
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>> anyone know of the  genesis of this setup?
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>> I suspect that Vern will know, and that history guy, John B also.....
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>> and perhaps Winslow.... 
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> I think it would take someone whom has been to a factory. BUT, that person may not have had the suspicion(s) that we had, and therefore didn't ask. 
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>> my wife doesn't know, so please don't suggest that I ask her.
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>> Perhaps Joe L, might have been there when the reed sizing decision was made....
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>> thanks
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>> and no, this, unlike most of the posts of mine, is not practice-avoidance.....
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>> .... well , not totally..... well, ok..... it IS practice avoidance, but doctor-approved, my chiro guy said to limit my playing for a few days...I think he knows my neighbors.....
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>> jk
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>> jonkip.com
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