[Harp-L] How far can you tune up a reed?

[Steve]

That would be no problem as long as you know what you're about. Practise on a harp that isn't sacred to you first!

> On 11 Mar 2017, at 01:24, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> A half step is all I feel like tuning a reed up, unless there is a "slug"
> on the end (low reeds tend to have these).
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Bob Marsolais <bob at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a couple of duplicate harps in the major tuning.  I'd like to try my
>> hand at retuning one of them to Country Tuning which means raising hole 5
>> draw by a semitone.  Having never tuned a harp before, how far up can you
>> retune a reed?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Bob
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>