[Harp-L] Seeking recommendation(s) for harmonica repair

[Frank Meek <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings All,

I have a custom double reed plate harmonica in the key of G that needs a 
reed repaired.  I obtained this harmonica by being the winning bidder at 
a SPAH auction at the 2003 SPAH convention in Dallas.  Buzz Krantz and I 
were the last two bidders and he graciously stepped aside when he could 
tell how badly I wanted it.

This harmonica is the most cherished one I own, but it is a better 
harmonica than I am a harmonica player, so it could only suffer my abuse 
for so long before something had to give.  It is the 5 blow reed, for 
those of you who were guessing which one was the victim. A sure sign of 
sloppy playing.

My memory tells me (and hopefully I am recalling correctly) that this 
harmonica was built and donated by Richard Sleigh to support the SPAH 
auction.  I sent a couple of emails to two different email address for 
Richard but didn't get a reply, so I am not sure what my next avenue of 
pursuit is to get this reed repaired.

I suppose it is possible that I am mis-remembering the craftsman who 
built this harmonica but I don't currently think that is the case. I am 
just about positive that it is a Filisko Method setup.

I have been away from Harp-L for a few years so I do not have current 
information about the available pool of suitable folks to perform this 
repair.  I figure that having a double reed plate construction and 
Filisko Method setup might perhaps require someone knowledgeable/trained 
on those things.

OK, that's a lot of blathering on from me.  Can any of you fine folks 
get me pointed in the right direction?

Thanks and Regards,
Frank Meek