Re: [Harp-L] Range

["Tim Moyer - Working Man's Harps" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

These are diatonics, but they DO have valves as shipped from the factory.  Maybe that's the reason for the recommendation?
   
  -tim
  

Vern Smith <jevern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hildebrand" 
To: "Tim Moyer" ; 
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Range


> Seydel also makes a Low Low F !
>
> I was reminded at the Buckeye, that these Seydel
> Low harps should not be stored laying flat, due
> to the added weight (solder) on these low reeds.
>
> So store them standing up (holes on top) or
> vertically (like in the Hetrick harmonica case).
>
> Ken H in OH

This sounds very fishy! If the weight of a horizontal reed stresses it 
beyond its elastic limit, then it would not survive being played. If the 
reeds were plastic, then a small stress over a long period of time could 
possibly cause a permanent deflection. However, spring metals do not act 
that way. As long as a metal reed is not stressed beyond its elastic limit, 
its rest position will not change. The stresses are far greater on a reed 
being played than on a reed at rest in a horizontal position.

I'm not as sure about plastic windsavers, especially if the temperature and 
humidity cycles / changes. If you do it, do it for the windsavers and not 
the reeds. If it is a diatonic, don't worry about it.

Vern
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>
>
> --- Tim Moyer wrote:
>
>> Walter Joyce wrote:
>> > I just completed buying a full set of diatonic
>> harmonicas of all
>> > twelve keys in both registers available, thanks to
>> the recent
>> > efforts by Seydel. so from low Ab through low Db I
>> have the Sydel
>> > blues harp, then special 20s from low D through
>> low F#, Golden
>> > Mels for low G through high F# and a special 20
>> for the high G.
>>
>> Oh, don't stop yet! Seydel makes a high Ab and a
>> high A! Both the
>> Session and the Favorit models at least.
>>
>> > I'm a little disappointed I can only find sets
>> with all 12 keys
>> > in the Lee Oskar brand.
>>
>> Lee Oskar also sells a low F and a high G in
>> standard tuning, I
>> believe. These may not be available as part of a
>> set, but should be
>> available separately.
>>
>> > What I like to do now when I play is to grab both
>> harps in the
>> > key I'm playing in and work between the two. I use
>> a lot of
>> > octaves and tongue blocking (although I can't bend
>> using TB yet).
>> > I like the variety of sounds I can get between the
>> two, and will
>> > often use the higher octave harp in second
>> position for soloing.
>>
>> I do this a lot too. It's nice to have the lower
>> harp for
>> background, vamping, etc., and then the extra
>> clarity to cut through
>> on the solo on the higher harp. I do this a lot
>> when playing the F
>> and G.
>>
>> -tim
>>
>>
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