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Blow bends

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Tue, 08/26/2014 - 11:59
luckyharp
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Hi devid,

I'm working on blow bends and in a couple of week I am now able to blow bend holes 8 and 9 on every harp I have.

Hole 10 instead, I'm able to bend it on G harmonica (seydel classic), Bb crossvorer, C crossover, but on my special 20 results very difficult. Is there any advice, this is a plastic come harp, maybe there something on that reed. I will continue to work on it, now sometimes I get te 10 whole thone bend but very difficult.

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Tue, 08/26/2014 - 13:23
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David Barrett
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No, nothing comes to mind. You could experiment with the gapping of the reeds on your special 20. The better set up the harp the easier it is to bend.

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