Re: [Harp-L] Instead of Re-tuning



",,,no waste or spare parts, just two cool new tunings,,,"

Awesome.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hunter" <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Instead of Re-tuning



"Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" wrote:
<One option to remember instead of re-tuning appeared on Harp-L six years ago and is worth repeating:
...
<"Without retuning reeds, you can get both a Paddy
<Richter harp and a Country-tuned harp by buying a Lee
<Oskar Major tuned and a Lee Oskar Melody Maker and
<switching the top reed plates."


philharpn@xxxxxxx wrote:
<Except you end up with "spare parts." Who needs more spare parts?

To which I reply:
The leftover reed plates can be combined to make a country tuning (i.e. standard with sharped 5 draw reed, in this case with draw 9 sharp also). So there's no waste or spare parts, just two cool new tunings made by switching the top plates from two off-the-shelf harps.


Because Lee names the Melody Makers for the key in 2nd position, you'd need to combine a G MM with a C standard (or the same key relationship in other keys, e.g. D MM with G standard, A MM with D standard, etc.).

Regards, Richard Hunter



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