[Harp-L] Re; Tuning question

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Non-one seems to have answered Tom's question about tuning.

Nor has anyone recently mentioned Michael Will's great infromational
harmonica site;

http://www.angelfire.com/tx/myquill/

Scroll down the left-hand menu to the maintenance section where you'll
see a thorough treatment of the subject of tuning.

Winslow

--- Tom Kearns <tejastk88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I fix a stuck reed all the time but have no idea how to fix an out of
> tune reed. How is that done?
> 
> Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:--- In
> harptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joel" 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Okay, you got me. My $12 harps are close to $13 plus gas. 
> 
> So, my question is how many of you really fix your harps? I'm not too
> interested in those who re-gap for better tone or the like, just
> those
> who fix a flat, sharp or stuck reed.
> 
> ==================Winslow:
> 
> Hey, $12 is $12. 
> 
> A stuck reed takes 2 minutes to fix. If that saves me $12, that 
> proporates to $360 an hour - or is tht $390 for a $13 harp?.
> 
> An out of tune reed might take 15 minutes (probably less). That's 
> still at least $48 an hour (or is that $52?).
> 
> Worth the trouble, no?
> 
> Winslow
> 
> 
> 
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