From: ab4~etroit.freenet.org (Timothy J. Schutte) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 00:15:01 -0500 Subject: Re: harp-l-digest V1 #258
Douglas T comments upon facial hair:
>(I grew a birdsnest beard once, over a foot long and bright ginger. I shaved it >off one evening in the middle of a dinner party. It was three days before >anyone noticed it had gone. This brings up a technical point .... I couldn't >play chromatic without a lot of pain when I had a beard. Play C. play C#, move >up an octave and scream as the slide traps your hair. Has anyone got a solution >to this??
Hmm.. remind me not to invite you to dinner, Douglas! During what course, salad or entree? ;^)
As to the pain of harmonicizing with facial hair, I must agree: A chromatic is murder on my handlebar mustache. So are the cheaper 10-holers, like the Huang Silvertone and the Hohner Pocket Pal, due to the gaps between the reedplate and covers.
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And on the real or imagined differences between harmonica designs and materials, Vern says:
>I have a wager waiting for anyone who thinks he can do it blindfolded!!
I have four 10-hole harmonicas, all tuned to the key of C; a MB, a Pocket Pal, a Golden Melody (gold-plated) and a Huang Silvertone. I cannot detect any difference in tonal quality between them. I will say that the Pocket Pal and the Huang are easiest to play, apparently because they are the oldest and are "broken in", and the GM seems to be the "stiffest".
Anyway, my nickel's worth.
Lurk mode re-engaged-- Tim
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