Re: [Harp-L] (no subject)

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

As always Vern; the voice of knowledge and sanity! Yes,yes, and yes!
RD


On 3 August 2014 18:29, Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Save your money.  The choice of comb material or changes with age do not
> affect the tone of a harmonica.  The analogy between comb material in a
> harmonica and the wood properties of a stringed-instrument soundboard is
> false.  Claims by manufacturers about differences in tone attributable to
> different types of wood may be honest mistakes but are more likely
> deliberate lies.
>
> Choose metal or plastic for your harmonica comb for stability and
> longevity.  Avoid wood which swells, shrinks, warps, splits and peels with
> changes in humidity.
> Vern
>
> On Aug 2, 2014, at 11:54 PM, Dennis Michael Montgomery <gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > As
> > I'm sure most of you know in the guitar world tone woods such as
> > cedar, mahogany, and rosewood improves the sound of the guitar with
> > age.
> >
> > Its
> > been a few years since the Suzuki Pure Harp (made of rosewood) has
> > come out.  My question to the owners of the Pure Harp: have any
> > of you noticed an improvement in its' tone since the first day you
> > started playing it?  How does its' tone compared to your other
> > harmonicas of the same time period?
> >
> > If
> > the tone has improved like it does on guitars I want to buy one
> > someday, but I don't want to spend a lot of money if this isn't true.
> >
> >
> > Dennis
> >
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