Re: [Harp-L] 19th Century Harp Repair

[Cara Cooke <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding bouncing screws and such, if I set up properly, I have a work
cloth that I use which is sort of fuzzy and plush, like the velvet
mentioned.  I picked it up at the Gem and Jewelry show.  They use such
things for the same reasons we might.

Cara

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Apr 4, 2012, at 6:46 PM, David Payne wrote:
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> > There is this prevailing notion, that I strike blows against at every
> opportunity, that nobody did any work or tweaks on harmonicas before 1980.
>
> Ha ha ha, you're so funny Dave. People in show business have been messing
> with em since time began.....
>
> > When i find an early reference to harmonica repair, I like to pass it on.
> > I came across this in my latest attempt to find Richard Seydel's
> bandmaster patent. If anyone comes across that patent, I'd love to see it,
> I've searched for years for it with no luck.
> > This patent is from 1893 by the extremely underrated genius Richard
> Seydel Sr. His patent is for snap covers that don't need any fasteners,
> they just snap on, kind of the same general idea as the B-radical covers.
>  By this point, Seydel had quit using nails to hold the coverplates on and
> were using screws something like the screws that hold the Special 20
> coverplates on.
>
> I had a bandmaster when I lived in Italy in 1956. While the U.S. had a
> boycot on soviet bloc goods, Italy had no such restrictions. Seydels were
> fairly common. Maybe moreso than Hohners. And they were a bit cheaper.
>
> > In the abstract, Richard Seydel talks about people working on harps to
> clean them or make repairs, losing screws and whatnot and that was a reason
> for this design. 120 years later, I have that same problem.
>
> Work over top of a piece of light colored velvet. Parts hit it and stick
> where they land. lolol
> >
> > http://www.google.com/patents/US495842
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> >
> > David
> > www.elkriverharmonicas.com
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