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Making Trumpet Pipes With Free Reeds
By Gary Stevenson 

> Is there any reason why I should not use harmonium reeds to make
> trumpet pipes?

Trumpet reeds are beating reeds.  This means the reed tongue hits the
base of the reed.  Harmonium reeds are free reeds because the reed
tongue floats through the base.  One uses vacuum (the free reed), the
other pressure (the beating reed).

Gary Stevenson
So. St. Louis, Missouri

(Message sent Sun, 4 Feb 2007 06:45:14 -0600 , from time zone -0600.)

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