Re: [Harp-L] Swappable Reeds

[Jerry Deall <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I have one and there is a small reed plate for each reed, that slides into a slot on one side of the reed chamber. Each hole in the comb takes two of these small reed paltes, one draw onr blow. 

Jerry 

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From: "Jerry Deall" <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "David Fairweather" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: "Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:02:34 PM 
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Swappable Reeds 

Yes there was the Unitone Harmonica: 

http://www.patmissin.com/gallery/gallery10.html 

http://www.fvstore.com/Unitone-Chromatic-Harmonica-034-Rare-1930-039-s-034-/p1136.html 


Rather cheap construction of bakerlite, but I thought it was a cool idea. 

Jerry 

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From: "David Fairweather" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:34:11 PM 
Subject: [Harp-L] Swappable Reeds 

I seem to recall quite a few years ago, someone on harp-l claimed to be 
working on a diatonic where you could easily swap the reeds out to create 
custom tunings. I guess the reeds would snap or slide into place. 
Obviously that project never came to fruition, but I'm wondering, has it 
ever been done and why not?