RE: [Harp-L] Cutting reeds and tuning

["Eric Neumann" <eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, talk about finding accidental notes...

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>On Jan 12, 2005, at 5:56 PM, RUSSEGR9@xxxxxx wrote:
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>> Smo-joe and anyone else,
>> You mentioned that you used to sharp your 5 draw reeds back 
>in 59. How 
>> did you check the tuning? By ear with the other reeds? I am going to 
>> try it with an old harp or two and am interested in the low
>> tech way to check the tuning of the reed.
>> thanks
>> russ
>> _
>  Sure, by ear. I was just a kid (16). What happened was that 
>I broke a 
>reed off at the rivet pad. I used a slightly larger reed but when I 
>snipped it down to length, I had cut off the weighted tip to the point 
>where I was a little too high. I liked it, and trimmed it in to pitch 
>as best I could. I had thrown out the broken reed, so for a rivet, I 
>used a tiny shoe makers "tap" nail. Later that week I took the #9 up 
>also. Seemed logical at the time. Opened up a lot of pop tunes for me 
>(I didn't DO country or blues back then).
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>  This is just a perfect example of how a person can mess up 
>really bad, 
>and some good comes out of it. It started as an accident.
>
>smo-joe
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