Leatherlips
94 posts
May 31, 2012
7:55 PM
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I washed my harps today and removed the dinner from 2004.
I test each one as I wash it to make sure it is working as it should, and I find that they are sharper sounding whilst wet. I don't get that. I mean they are plastic bodied Special 20's. So how does that work?
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
1078 posts
May 31, 2012
8:05 PM
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OK... here we go...
First, the water forms a seal around all the little leaks inside the comb there.. but more importantly, the water kind of stays on the inside of the reedslot, especially on the lower side. On your draw reeds, this directs all the air to the tip of the reed, which makes it play a heckuva lot better.
On the blow side, it will do the same thing, except the water flows down and the blow reeds might be hard to start at first, but after you start em, the reed itself flips the water up and the same sort of thing happens as happens on the draw reed. It's basically water in the reedslot, redirecting the flow of air.
Did that make sense?
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David
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FMWoodeye
359 posts
May 31, 2012
8:19 PM
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@Elk...yeah, it makes sense. The question is how do you know this shit?
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
1079 posts
May 31, 2012
8:33 PM
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I talk to people who know about stuff... and then I think about stuff a lot... I experiment with stuff a lot and work on harmonicas a lot.
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David
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Leatherlips
95 posts
May 31, 2012
11:15 PM
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Well, thank you for giving me a definitive answer.
Now I have that information, I'm not sure what to do with it.
Shame the effect doesn't last.
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
1084 posts
May 31, 2012
11:22 PM
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Somebody surely has a patent for a harmonica that drips water inside. There's a patent for everything else impractical.
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David
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lor
129 posts
Jun 01, 2012
7:23 AM
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I'm gonna experiment with my old first harmonica, a Hohner Pocket Pal, using mineral oil or dimethicone, to see if the effects are similar and longer lasting and get back to you on the results
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nacoran
5770 posts
Jun 01, 2012
9:27 AM
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Lor, I'd imagine it would work fine on blows but taste funny on draws. I'd imagine a little Vaseline smeared along the seam between the reeds and the reed slot would do the same thing and last longer than water, but I imagine it would get unbelievably nasty after a few songs.
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
1088 posts
Jun 01, 2012
10:06 AM
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I don't want to spoil the mineral oil experiment, by saying it wont work, so I wont, but didn't old timers take it as a laxative?
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David
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Buzadero
972 posts
Jun 01, 2012
10:21 AM
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" but didn't old timers take it as a laxative?"
Shut up, Dave. Your tainting both the experiment as well as my spectation.....
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laurent2015
241 posts
Jun 01, 2012
4:30 PM
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"Somebody surely has a patent for a harmonica that drips water inside"
-Is this the line in towards your amp?
-No, towards the tap...
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