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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:43:02 -0500
From: "Molitor, Stephen"
Subject: RE: Cheap Harps - OmniBender

What effect, if any, do you guys thing the OmniBender will have on custom
harp makers and users? (Might have the name wrong - by OmniBender I mean
the new harp that Hohner is coming out with, that will allow you to bend
every note.)

A custom OmniBender could be pricey! On the other hand, these harps might
be hard to work on by non-pro customizers, so the market might be there.
Plus, you'll want to get the tuning right, and have the things last, since
they're such a major investment.

A lot of people tweak to get overblows; will the OmniBender make over-blows
obsolete? I know that you can tune the reeds on an OmniBender to do
overblows, but, will younger players want to invest the time to learn
over-blows? Some of the incentive for learning that technique will be gone,
as you won't need over-blows to get the missing notes.

Steve Molitor
smolit~rac.com