Todd Parrott
602 posts
Aug 01, 2011
9:10 PM
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FYI, Chris Reynolds is now offering Bamboo combs for $25. He made me a Bamboo Golden Melody comb with rounded tines, which I really like.
I've really had good luck with his $20 acrylic combs as well, especially on the lower keys. They are slightly thinner and sound great.
Almost all of my harps have rounded tines these days, which seems to give the harp a smoother feel.
Blow Your Brass Off
P.S. The fantasy marble is also one of the most beautiful materials for combs in my opininon.
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Seven.Oh.Three.
125 posts
Aug 01, 2011
9:28 PM
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Todd- I know your a big GM guy, so it wouldn't really make sense to round the entire comb. But do you know if he's capable of doing that for a mb comb?
I really should just email people directly, I know.
7.o.3.
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Todd Parrott
603 posts
Aug 01, 2011
9:44 PM
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I hope I'm understanding your question correctly....
I'm sure he's capable of doing that, but I doubt it's something he would offer on the comb only, as it would probably require him to rewrite his machining program to do so. However, if you ordered a custom MB and wanted to have the corners rounded off, you could request that and he'd probably do that for you.
All of the sharp corners of his MB combs are rounded on his MB combs (see pics on his site), but in order to round the ends of the comb, I believe you have to round the comb with the reed plates assembled to it at the same time, which, as I said above, he would probably do on a custom MB order.
If you are talking about rounding the outer edge of the combs, I think Randy Sandoval does something like this, and Randy is a super cool guy as well.
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Blowyourbrassoff
36 posts
Aug 02, 2011
9:21 AM
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703, are you asking if the corners are rounded off or if the entire ends of the comb can be rounded off into one large arc from front to back?
All of the corners are rounded, but in order to round the entire end into one large radius you either have to do it once the harp is assembled, or the comb has to be lengthened to allow for extra material so it can be done before, otherwise if you tried to do it before you assembled the harp it would be really difficult to get all the parts to line up. I hope that makes sense, it's kinda hard to explain what I mean.
Chris
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Seven.Oh.Three.
126 posts
Aug 02, 2011
10:22 AM
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Todd nailed it right on the head. Randy Sandoval makes them the way I'm talking about. Where the comb protrudes from the reed plate and is convex. I should have thought more before I posted......
7.o.3.
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