It's more tricky than it appears Gary, can explain at SPAH.
Since these harps have never been made before, interesting new effects/abilities from the sliding reedplates keep coming to light. Roverharp thought of one:
If you move the draw plate only half-way in either direction, the draw reeds are stopped by the comb tines. This makes overdraws easier, since only the blow reed is free to play. It's like the effect of the Overblow Booster on the overdraws, through a different method.
It also gives valved-style isolated reed expression on the blow notes, which could be nice. Especially on blow notes that don't bend even in the SlipSlider, like hole 4 blow. You can now add vibrato and isolated-reed bending to it.
The Law of Unintended Consequences can work out positively sometimes :-)
Last Edited by BeePee on Jul 22, 2018 6:14 AM
I'll comment more later once I've had more time to play this harp, but so far it's remarkable. There are so many possibilities available, making it perfect for melody playing, especially the added bendability on 5 and 6 blow, and now 4 blow thanks to this discovery of moving the slide halfway. I haven't put it down all weekend.
