HarpNinja
654 posts
Sep 28, 2010
11:03 AM
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In my experience, it depends. But in general, yes. It all depends on the player, but if you tend to flatten a lot of reeds, a custom is set up to be more efficient and often requires you play with better technique. The bends are easier too, so you often find yourself using less effort to hit the notes.
There are other pieces to the puzzle, that I think make the reeds last longer, but some of those might be hard to prove. One example would be how the instrument is tuned and the weak spots on a stock reed.
But overall, I think there is a huge difference in the amount of effort to sound a note correctly. The easier it is, the less pressure on the reed, and the longer it lives.
That being said, if you've refined your technique, it is possible it could transfer to a stock harp to some degree. I grabbed a stock C and D to practice with the other day and they sucked. I mean, I could play them, but they didn't play near as easily.
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Mike
VHT Special 6 Amp for Harp Blog
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