[Harp-L] Pre war 365



I recently won a pre war 365C on Ebay and when I received it realized I had my work cut out for me. It was pretty scuzzy looking and the metals were badly tarnished and stained, as expected.  I used Bar Keepers Friend and lots of elbow grease and it cleaned up very nice and shiny.  I flattened and sealed the comb and chamfered the holes and it too came out very nice and flat.  I then flattened, adjusted and tuned the reeds and assembled.  Then refined the tuning and boy, oh boy, does it play nice.  The reeds seem to be less stiff than newer units and it only takes a thought to get them swinging.  I love it!  I'm going to take it easy with this old girl and hope she lasts me a long, loving time.

Lockjaw Larry
Breathing "new" old music today



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