Re: [Harp-L] Something with full-length covers!

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 8, 2009, at 4:21 PM, captron100@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Winslow asked and others, replied.  Tim Moyer wrote: When I play a  
> long time, like a several-set gig,
> the ends of the covers of Marine Bands, Special 20s, Lee Oskars,  
> etc., start to hurt my lips and the
> corners of my mouth.
>
> I too, have on more than one occasion, cut my lips on my MB's and  
> SP20's.  I've been playing MB type
> harps 40 years.  I agree with Tim but find the feel of Golden  
> Melodies so different and foreign to my
> lips.  Seydel 1847's have gone the extra step to make their corners  
> round and apparently even
> braze/weld their corners, then polish smooth to avoid this issue  
> and that of pulling mustache hairs.
> ron


> _I had the same problem with the sharp edged harps. So I started  
> rounding them off and filling behind with epoxy. I was never one to  
> let one particular shortcoming force me to play another (maybe  
> inferior) harp.....and I ain't even good, so I can just imagine how  
> other real players feel.

smo-joe ( the Abercrombie of Fitches)
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