Re: Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Seeking quick fix for lost chrom button

["john" <jjthaden@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Elizabeth,
   I did get a helpful answer from Ed on Slidemeister.  Thanks.  The button is lost.  I like all of your suggestions, but the problem is that the button (which was probably put on with Gorilla Glue, I don't remember) was "going nowhere", so when I sideswiped something with my chrom in a belt holder, it took not only the button but a piece of the slide itself!  so there's nothing really left to mount a usual button on.  Anyway, my hot-glue fix is working well, and I'll try Ed's straightening idea, though it's pretty clear where the bend is -- right near where the button was!
-John



======= At 2008-05-04, 00:26:19 you wrote: =======

>I know this is late, but I just read the Digest now. It's probably too  late 
>for John but might help someone else in the same predicament down the  road.
> 
>I'm sure some of the women who play also knit, or some men have female  
>family members who have knitting supplies and might have older knitting needles  
>with the rounded flat wood or plastic 'tops' to them.  The last time one  fell 
>off a knitting needle I had, I realized it would make a great chromatic  button 
>(in a pinch).  
> 
>There's always the possibility of finding an actual 'button' among a button  
>stash..and gluing that on, but your quick fix seems to be adequate in the  
>interim. I think the cork would be a better feel than the bouncy ball...so would  
>the flatted rounded knitting needle tops I'm talking about.  You want to  
>duplicate the same 'feel'..or it'll throw off his normal style of playing.
> 
> 
>I'm all for gluing the same button back on as long as it isn't lost  using 
>Gorilla glue as I've said umpteen times...(it glues like to like, no  solder 
>involved), and has held a popped off button on my 260 Hohner for the last  3 
>years, now).  That button's going nowhere.  Is on tighter than it  was originally, 
>and set overnight.
> 
>Of course, if John has an old 'junker' chrom lying around...even a 260...he  
>can 'borrow' the button from (pop it off with pliers), he's home free.  Go  to 
>any hardware store to buy the Gorilla glue...sandwich the slide with slight  
>pressure between two stacks of books for about 7- 8 hours and it'll do the  
>job.
> 
>I also have a Koch in pristine condition I never play.  I'm in  NY.
> 
>To straighten the bent slide might require use of a vise..or a good pair of  
>padded pliers..but I'll ask the question for John on Slidemeister right now 
>and  send him any responses I get via email.
> 
>Elizabeth
> 
>Message: 6
>Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 15:50:26 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David  Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Seeking quick  fix for lost chrom button
>To: Harp L Harp L  <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Message-ID:  <930185.71293.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Quick fix, you can get one of those little  bouncy balls, not the big ones 
>that you get from the 25 cent machines as you  walk out of the grocery store. 
>Puncture a place for the slide to go in, put the  slide in there and see how it 
>fits. Then, get some toothpicks and epoxy, use the  toothpicks to work the 
>epoxy inside the ball, stick the slide in there and let  it dry. You could also 
>take one of the new wine synthetic corks and whittle it  down some if you can't 
>find a small enough ball. 
>I think I have a 10-hole  Koch slide laying around, give me your address 
>offlist and I can send it to you  Monday, it should get to you in time so you 
>aren't on TV with a bouncy ball  affixed to your harp. 
>
>Dave
>_____________________________
>Dave  Payne Sr. 
>Elk River Harmonicas
>www.elkriverharmonicas.com 
>
>-----  Original Message ----
>From: john <jjthaden@xxxxxxxxx>
>To:  "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2008  6:03:05 PM
>Subject: [Harp-L] Seeking quick fix for lost chrom button
>
>I  play a modified (re-tuned) Koch 10-hole.  I had it in a belt holder  
>when the button caught on something and was torn off and lost, 
>leaving  the slide itself sheared off and slightly bent where it used 
>to emerge from  the button.  I've got to rehearse tomorrow and
>Monday, play a TV spot  Thursday and a gig Friday, using this
>instrument on 2 songs.  Can  someone recommend a quick
>replacement for the usual button and a way to affix  it?
>
>Thanks
>
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Best regards.				 
john
jjthaden@xxxxxxxxx
2008-05-04