Claims
- 1. A comb for a diatonic harmonica, said comb being substantially wedge-shaped and having a top surface sloped at a first angle with respect to vertical and bottom surface sloped at a second angle with respect to vertical, the top surface including a plurality of top reeds, the bottom surface including a plurality of bottom reeds, the comb being dimensioned and configured so that at least one of the top reeds acoustically interacts with a corresponding bottom reed.
- 2. The comb of claim 1, whereinsaid first angle is substantially equal to said second angle.
- 3. The comb of claim 1, whereinsaid first angle is in the range of 75° to 105° with respect to vertical.
- 4. The comb of claim 1, wherein said second angle is in the range of 75° to 105° with respect to vertical.
- 5. The comb for a diatonic harmonica according to claim 1 wherein one of the top reeds and one of the bottom reeds define a distance therebetween, the distance being within a range of about 3.5 mm to about 4.5 mm.
- 6. The comb according to claim 5, wherein one of the top reeds and one of the bottom reeds define a distance therebetween, the distance being in a range of about 7.0 mm to about 8.5 mm.
- 7. The comb according to claim 1, wherein one of the top reeds and one of the bottom reeds define a distance therebetween, the distance being in a range of about 7.0 mm to about 8.5 mm.
- 8. A diatonic harmonica, comprising:a wedge-shaped comb having a top surface sloped at a first angle with respect to vertical and a bottom surface sloped at a second angle with respect to vertical; a plurality of top reeds within the top surface; a plurality of bottom reeds within the bottom surface; a plurality of cells defined within the harmonica, each cell having a corresponding top reed and a corresponding bottom reed, one of said top reed and bottom reed being a blow reed, and the other of said top reed and bottom reed being a draw reed; and the harmonica being dimensioned and configured so that, within at least one of the cells, the blow reed and draw reed corresponding to the at least one cell acoustically interact with each other.
- 9. The harmonica of claim 8, whereinsaid first angle is substantially equal to said second angle.
- 10. The harmonica of claim 8, whereinsaid first angle is in the range of 75° to 105° with respect to vertical.
- 11. The harmonica of claim 8, wherein said second angle is in the range of 75° to 105° with respect to vertical.
- 12. The harmonica for a diatonic harmonica according to claim 8, wherein the top surface and bottom surface define a distance therebetween, the distance being within a range of about 3.5 mm to about 4.5 mm.
- 13. The harmonica according to claim 12, wherein one of the top reeds and one of the bottom reeds define a distance therebetween, the distance being in a range of about 7.0 to about 8.5 mm.
- 14. The harmonica according to claim 8, wherein one of the top reeds and one of the bottom reeds define a distance therebetween, the distance being in a range of about 7.0 mm to about 8.5 mm.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/496,816, filed Feb. 2, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,359,204.
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