Posted by Paul Maddox on July 25, 2002 at 09:39:32:
In Reply to: blown reed? posted by joe on July 24, 2002 at 08:43:36:
"Although hole 5 draw technically can be bent, you should avoid doing so. Bending this note will not give you any new notes like the other holes do, but instead, has a tendency to ruin the 5 draw reed prematurely (the same is true for the hole 7 blow bend)."
From: http://www.harmonicalessons.com/bending.html
If you've been bending 5, then it may be that you've blown it, I guess (this coming from a newbie).
HTH,
Paul.