Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica Tone Test

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good example Vern 

Mike Wilbur


> On Nov 26, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Over many years, trial-and-error has converged on the optimum compromise among reed geometry, spacing, spring material, cost, etc.  If you examine what makes the sound, the air flowing through the opening and closing of the slot as the reed vibrates sinusoidally, it is pretty much the same for all harmonicas.  It should not be surprising that they all sound very much the same with the same player.  Manufacturers vary the external features that donât much affect the sound to achieve product differentiation.  They claim tonal differences from comb materials and cover shapes that donât exist.  Harmonicas are more commodities than we would like them to be. It is human nature (I donât exempt myself) to hear what you wish and expect to hear.  
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> Last night, Jimmy Kimmel replaced the contents of a $600 bottle of boutique fingernail polish with a $6 drugstore product.  Then the ladies on the street rhapsodized in detail about its superiority to drugstore polish. It seems intuitive that exotic materials in music instruments would produce exotic sounds.  Alas, they do not.
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> Vern
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>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Harping On <harping.onandon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>> results were not as obvious as I thought they would be.
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>> This is an intelligent approach to the question of perception of tone. Well
>> done.
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>> Robert Hale
>> Serious Honkage in Arizona
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