Re: Sp20

["Bob Maglinte" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: <ShMclendon@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: Sp20


>
> I just took apart a Sp20 looking to take the reed plate from one harp to
fix
> another
> all the Sp 20's i have had have Screws holding the reed plate... in this
one
> has what looks to be Brass round headed rivits or pins it has four pins
going
> from the Draw side to the blow side and Three going blow side to the Draw
> side and the hole pattern is not the Same as the one with Screws
......What
> is this never seen one like it ??

Hi,
The Sp20's with the brass nails (actually escutcheon pins) are ones made
prior to the mid-80's, when these, like the GM's, were all held together
this way. Getting these nails out was one pain in the butt. Besides, the
older ones used, according to Rick Epping, a thinner, harder brass, with
somewhat shorter reeds, and the older ones made during the 80's aren't as
good as today's stock presently is (much like the HM MB's).

Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA