Re: [Harp-L] The final word on Comb Materials

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

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From: "David Payne" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] The final word on Comb Materials


> ..............There can not be three people on this board 
> who haven't heard this stuff 40 times.

If everyone knows the arguments, then those who claim that 
comb materials perceptibly affect tone must do so 
deliberately, disregarding both acoustic theory and 
empirical evidence to the contrary.

I was corrected on my statement, in passing, that diatonic 
harps have "Richter tuning."  I could argue that it isn't an 
important distinction, everyone knew what I was talking 
about, and I honestly thought that it was true.  However, 
because it isn't  correct I won't do so again. I assume that 
newbies look to Harp-l for correct information.  Should we 
not do our best to avoid misleading them?

I cannot initiate a bend without constricting the air flow 
at or near the mouthpiece and drawing much harder.  However, 
I'm not going to state that as a fact because I have only my 
own subjective experience with no hard evidence or theory to 
support it.  Besides that, there are people who know a lot 
more about bending than I do.

Vern