Re: XB40 problems.

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>]

M. Erickson wrote:
> I have a problem. I've apparently blown a reed on my "C" XB40. 
> Blow 5 went out. I "broke-in" the harp, per the instructions 
> and played it softly for more than a week. I'd been practicing 
> the bends on it since then. Nothing too dramatic, just working 
> the bends up and down the harp

>From your descriptions, I'd wager that there's nothing seriously 
wrong with this harp.  It's very likely that some particle is wedged 
in the reed preventing it from sounding.  If it's the primary reed, 
not the responder -- in other words, as you describe, the bend still 
works but the main note won't sound -- then you should be able to get 
to it by just taking off the covers.  I'd just open it up and plink 
it a few times and see if you can free it up.  It seems unlikely to 
be an alignment problem unless you dropped it or gave it some jolt.  
I also doubt it's really "blown" unless you've been wailing hard on 
it.  

- -tim