Re: [Harp-L] Virtues vs liabilities of weighting the rivet end

["Joe Spiers" <joemopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sometimes shortening a reed scavenged from a lower hole will give you some 
extra sharpness in pitch to work with, depending on the reed profiles.
Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Lehmann" <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 11:07 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Virtues vs liabilities of weighting the rivet end


> Hello all--
> I just did a repair job for a well known harpist, and one of his harps
> needing repair was a high D chromatic--a whole step higher than normal.
> So the donor reeds I had were not acceptable, and I had to raise the pitch
> of a reed using silver solder near the rivet end.
> Any thoughts on this use and how would you raise a reed beyond what could 
> be
> done by removing material from the tip?
> I would not have had any tip left!
> How about some tips?