Re: [Harp-L] Middle F# copyright, fine print.

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Did you copyright it by email and facebook, Joe?  If not, that might be
your problem right there.
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Nov 4, 2014, at 10:33 AM, JON KIP wrote:
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> > Just so you all know, I'm in the process of copyrighting  middle F# as
> played on a three octave chromatic harmonica. I've heard it  described as
> simply " F# ", but more specifically, "on a three octave chromatic
> harmonica having the bottom note as "C",  it's the note resulting from
> inhaling (drawing) on the six hole with the slide in and the tongue not
> covering the hole". I think that's right.
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> Sorry Captain Kip. You may not pirate my F#. On 25 Sept. 1959, in an
> effort to play doo-wop music, I changed the #5 draw from an F to an F#.
> This allowed me to now play a plethora of tunes on ONE
> diatonic which heretofore had required TWO harps. Then on Oct 23, I also
> tuned the #9 draw to an F# thereby completing the package. On Nov 6 I
> placed a wind saver on the #5 draw allowing that blow
> note to be played down one flat.
> On 21  Dec 1975 I demonstrated this tuning at the Ryman Christmas show. So
> anyone who has used that tuning after that date owes me money. I watch the
> mail box every day but for some inexplicable
> reason, no one seems to want to pay me.
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> smo-joe  rotflmao
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> > WHY F#?
> > That note is used a lot in music written in the key of "D Happy", as
> opposed to music written in the key of "D Sad" , which uses the note "F
> Natural", a note over which I claim no domain , mostly because it can
> apparently (and confusingly)  be played several different ways, and the
> paperwork involved to have specificity would be overwhelming.
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> > And yes, to be honest, I did learn that F# note from Tommy Morgan, but I
> think he's not patented or copyrighted it yet, and it's been over ten
> years. He's had his opportunities.
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> > As I understand it, all past use of F# is grandfathered into The System,
> so no worries about The Past. For The Near Future,  just email me how many
> F#s you've used, quarterly, I'll keep track, and, once my request gets
> through the Legal System, I'll bill you when I know The Fee.
> >
> > For those of you who have been forced to tediously lower the pitch of
> every reed on your favorite instrument in order to play in tune with The
> Church Organ in December, you're safe, as there will never be a charge for
> an "almost F#".
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> > Those of you who retuned your harmonica to be in tune with the Tenor
> Soloist on that one Unaccompanied Duet you have in church, might want to
> rethink things.
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> > Thanks.
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> > jk
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> > The philosopher Socrates, discovered to his dismay that he was the
> smartest person in Athens merely because he, and he alone, recognized how
> ignorant he was.
> > http://jonkip.com
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