Re: SBS Marine Band question

["Vern Smith" <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

 Color the inside of the cover over the reed with a wick pen.  Then the
 bright spot will show you exactly where to punch.
 
 Vern
 
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> From: "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:11 PM
> Subject: Fwd: SBS Marine Band question
> 
> 
> >
> > 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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