Fwd: SBS Marine Band question

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Grant - 

You can punch out a little dome in the cover at the spot where the 
reed hits. Figure out from the length of the reed slot and the upward 
swing of the reed roughly where it hits the inside of the cover. Then 
take a hammer and a steel punch with a tip about 1/8 inch in diameter 
and hammer out a little dome in that spot. Hammer from the inside of 
the cover outward, with the cover laid on something like a piece of 
soft wood, or over a hollowed-out spot in the wood. You don;t need 
much extra clearance, maybe 1/16 of an inch.

You can also get into the subtle art of re-bending covers, but this 
is, for me at least, easier.

Winslow

- --- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Grant Kester <gkester@xxxx> 
wrote:

Dear List,

I have a C Steve Baker Marine Band and the lowest draw note 
consistently vibrates against the metal cover, making a plinking 
sound. 
Does anyone have any good fixes for this problem? The reed is gapped 
correctly and I'm reluctant to reduce the gap further. If it was a 
normal sized Marine Band I could try a Turbolid, but it's an SBS so 
it's extra long.

Thanks,
Grant Kester



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