Re: [Harp-L] $10 for a Chromatic?/broken button

["scooter" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A little off the original topic but....

I have had great luck fixing the button on broken chro's by cutting off the 
head of a phillips button head
screw and soldering the end of the slide into the phillips head slot's. You 
need a lot of heat (a gun, not a solder
station) and you need to file or grind the side you cut smooth but it works 
great and looks like it was made that way.
A number 10 or 12 screw is a good size. FWIW.

Scooter





> The button is broken off yet they state that it is in working condition.
>
> Chances are they have no idea if it really works or not. I have bought
> chromatic harmonicas in disgusting and unplayable condition where the
> seller stated - in all good faith but in complete and utter ignorance -
> that it was in working condition. One did't even have a mouthpiece and
> there were chunks missing from the corner of the comb. I dodn't mind
> because I wanted spare reeds and it was only about $10.
>
> Do you need spare reeds to fix your other 64's? Is, so, it might be a
> good deal.
>
> Winslow
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> Does this seem like a good deal?
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