[Harp-L] Loud?

[Captron100@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 8/25/2007 7:35:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

I got a  few off line comments from a guy who has the same problems with 
chromatic that  I
do.......snip.......Another off line said that I should play scales 10-15  
minutes a day to get accustomed to the notes.....snip........ I like to  tinker 
with harmonicas, and chromatics are rather expensive to experiment on  without 
guidance. .........Well, I'm off to scratch and think about how  I'm going to 
tune a chromatic.



Dan, you getting off-list posts makes me think maybe our Harp-L community  is 
being deprived of harp related posts, which is a shame.  I personally  know 
of several people who don't post because they are dissuaded by  posters who's 
posts are interpreted as contentious, hostile and/or  confrontational. Just the 
other day, i myself got a response by one of our  posters who has been 
knowledgeable and helpful in the past.  I try to  overlook it and assume he was just 
trying to be funny, despite breaking the  rules about mandatory harp content, 
etc.  I urge everybody to keep  posting.  We still have some very know
ledgeable pros here on Harp-L.   The list and archives are still very much alive and 
well.  
  Off my soapbox and re your problem - tho material on tuning  seems to me to 
be an area the hasn't been covered as much as I'd like, the  newest version 
of Rupert Oysler'' harp maintenance & repair CD's and  DVD's now cover 
chromatics as well as diatonics, and should be a good start for  many.  For less than 
the price of some harps, you can have a bunch of  insight on how to make your 
harps play better.  Last i looked the DVD was  about $65.  His website is 
harprepair.com.  He's a good guy, damn good  player, and a good harp customizer 
too.
ron



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