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From: Douglas Tate
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:18:35 GMT
Subject: Chromettas

Nate Clark asks some questions about chromatics and the Chrometta.
Unless the Chrometta has been radically redesigned, the slide movement
leaked air like a seive. The upper end notes are not 'flapped' and therefor
take about twice as much air as the flapped holes lower down. I remember
calculating that more air goes sideways down the slide than through the
upper notes! I would think, but don't know from experience, that the
Chrometta would be too leaky for a wide range of bends. I thought in fact
that it was a nice idea that didn't quite make it.
One point mentioned was the difficulty of playing the upper notes. This
applies on any instrument, not only harp. It is a matter of learning
tighter technical control of the notes which only comes from a lot of
playing and focusing attention. The harmonica is not an easy instrument to
play, it is judt an easy instrument to start!.

What chromatic to play if you want to do bends and overblows I leave to the
experts.

Douglas T