Fwd: Busted harps

[Brandon Zarzoza <bzarzoza@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Brandon Zarzoza <bzarzoza@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:56:01 -0800
Subject: Re: Busted harps
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Great advice. I bought 5 C harps for 25 bucks and have already
destroyed two, but not for lack of quality. I would advise anybody
looking to mess around with tuning and repair to buy a couple Kay
Chicago Blues harmonicas. For 5 bucks you can't beat 'em. The reed
plates are held together with six screws and they all came out of the
box more or less in tune.
Brandon

On 21 Jul 2004 12:34:53 -0000, info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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> > would love to get my hands on a couple that I could part out and
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> BZ:
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> You'd be better off working on some of the cheap Asian  harmonicas that are available these days.  You can find a lot of student-level harmonicas that can be purchased very cheaply that are actually playable right out of the box.  They're good to learn harp mods on (that's how I did it) because you're starting with a clean slate (i.e. no blown-out reeds) and any improvements like air tightness are easy to hear.  At a few dollars each, you're not out a lot of money if you make mistakes.
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> Tio Ed
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