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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 05:45:01 EDT
From: Gatorha~ol.com
Subject: Re: reed thickness...

gator wrote...
> i know that hohner uses thinner material for reeds on d harps and above
than
> they use for c harps and below. anyone know if a d-flat is the thinner
or
> thicker material?

and then jeve~ea.net replied:
<< How do you know that? The concept ot "thinner" or "thicker" material
doesn't
apply to even a single reed, much less to a whole harp. Since reeds taper
in thickness from root to tip, where would you measure the thickness? >>

you are correct to ask how i "know," and i don't actually, as i've never
measured a reed's thickness.
it has, however, been stated on this list that reeds for hohner's d harps
and
higher are thinner than that of lower keyed harps, and that accounts for the
somewhat thinner sound of those harps. it was my understanding that some
folks prefer to tune c harps up a whole step to avoid this, which is what
i'm
contemplating for both d and d-flat.
of course, i've been wrong before, so all apologies if i am this time...

stevenj...the gator-man