RE: [Harp-L] Re: Embossing

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use pennies for embossing.  Right or wrong it works for me and
obviously Jay Rah.


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Re: Embossing
>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:51:38 -0600
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>>Vern,
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>>Thanks for setting me straight!  All this time I thought that the
>point of 
>>embossing was to add soft metal to the reed slot to make it more
>narrow, 
>>which is what I've been trying to do with copper pennies.  I think
>this 
>>method does work to some degree, because I have been able to hear a 
>>difference, and I can easily see the layer of copper on the slot
>where I 
>>"embossed" with this method.  But now I'll have to try it the
>correct way, 
>>which should at least have the advantage of being more permanent and
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>>probably has other advantages as well.  It should be easier to apply
>without 
>>harming the reed, for example, which I always worry about when
>inserting a 
>>penny down into the slot for my method.  I got the idea for doing
>that from 
>>Jason Ricci, who used a penny to emboss one of my harps earlier this
>year 
>>(before I started doing them myself) because that's the only round
>metal we 
>>had on hand at the gig he was playing, but I'm now sure that he used
>the 
>>method Vern has described rather than my weird torquing method.  It
>was 
>>dark, so I couldn't actually see what he was doing; I just knew he
>was 
>>rubbing a penny against the slot.  I should take some pictures of
>what I've 
>>been doing, it would probably get a few good laughs on this list.
>>
>>To Siegfried: I was only quoting the part about Hering and Hohner
>reed 
>>plates from another poster.  I don't even own a Hering, so I don't
>know 
>>anything about them.
>>
>>Jonathan Metts 
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