Re: buzzing chromatic

[Christian N Michalek <micha018@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, Steven D. Levine wrote:

> I'm having a problem with one of the reeds on my 64 Chromonica. The 4 
> draw/slide out (that's the 4 draw in the very first octave of the harp - 
> in the extra 4 holes) is making a very annoying buzzing sound. It sounds 
> like someone's playing a comb with a piece of paper. This also happens 
> occasionally with the 1 draw (the 1 draw right next to the 4 draw I 
> mentioned). Is the windsaver causing this? I don't want to take it apart 
> since I'm fairly new to playing chromatic. Anyone else had this problem? 
> Is there a simple solution? (I already tried tapping it against my hand 
> to get any excess moisture out).
> 
Sounds like the wind savers.  Find the ones that are bad. Usually the 
ones that are sticking up when viewed from the back.  Take off the cover 
plates and with a fine tweezers(I use a curved forceps used for 
microsurgery) separate the two layers of the windsavers and put a slight 
kink in the top layer to make them both lay flat.  that should do the trick.

-Chris Michalek