Re: [Harp-L] 4 draw busted

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One problem with the newer Promasters is that the reeds are spot 
welded to the reedplates.  Suzuki's response is likely to be to 
recommend you buy a replacement reedplate set.  It is possible to 
remove welded reeds and reattach a new one with a screw.  Brendan 
Power has described a procedure for this, which involves drilling 
through the weld spot.  

-tim


--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Captron100@xxxx wrote:
In a message dated 8/17/2005 12:15:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
harp-l-request@xxxx writes:
Suzuki Promaster diatonic in Bb-The 4 draw  has stopped working-
completely 
choked. I took it apart and looked at it, but  since I really don't 
know what 
I'm looking for, that was no help. I could not  see anything wrong 
with it. I 
have the option of sending it back to Suzuki for  repair, but I 
wonder if there 
is anything I could do.  I am going to order  a repair kit from 
Musician's 
Friend, and hopefully it will give me enough info  to try and repair 
it. If not, 
I will send it back to Suzuki. Any and all  suggestions are welcome.

Bill, U can learn everything u need on  Rupert Oysler's CD ROM, 
Harmonica 
Maintenance and Repair.  If u are a  serious harper, it should pay 
for itself 
many times over as well as enable u to  keep your harps in great 
shape.  It costs 
c. $65 dollars, iirc.   Rupert has a website at which u can contact 
him -  
http://www.harprepair.com/
Re the actual repair, there's a few reasons  why a reed can stop 
working.  
The simplist, foreign matter stuck in the  reed, is evidentl not 
your problem or 
u should be able to see it.  Use a  magnifying glass if necessary.  
Recently I dropped a harp and a  reed stopped working.  The drop 
jarred a 
reed out of alignment.  I had  to realign the reed in it's slot, 
like is shown in 
the paperwork of the Lee  Oskar tuning kit, if u've ever seen that.  
There 
are tons of resources re  harp and harp work.  Here is a start, from 
G's site:  
http://www.angelfire.com/music/harmonica/reedadjustment.html  .    
Pat 
Missin's site is great.  G has links.
Here's a great site:  http://myquill.cc// .   Here's another: 
tenhole.com  
ron
 
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