Re: [Harp-L] Tuning and reed integrity

["Mark Lavoie" <lavoie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,
The information you have provided to harmonica players is very giving. When
you introduced the Shofu Brownie rubber abbrasive wheel, for tuning about 7
years ago on harp-l it changed my life as a  harmonica player, and harmonica
tech. Playing a harmonica that is tuned , and with smooth chords takes the
player to another level. Polishing reeds with a Shofu Brownie to raise or
lower the pitch works for me.
Thank you! Mike Easton,
Mark LaVoie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Easton" <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Tuning and reed integrity


> Winslow,
> Next time run a thin layer of solder over the gash before sanding.
> This may fill in the gash mark enough to allow you to sand the reed
> to proper pitch.
>
> I haven't tried it but I do enough gold and silver soldering at work
> to know a little solder can
> provide needed strength when metal is thin.  hope this helps.
>
> mike
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:
>
> > You won't weaken the reed if you don't gash it. Recently I took a
> > pair of MS reedplates in low D and throroughly reworked them -
> > embossing, re-setting gaps, tuning to just. Near the end of the
> > process the Draw 6 reed fatigued and broke. It snapped off along the
> > line of a tuning gash near the root of the reed. I had not altered
> > the pitch of this reed by more than a few cents and it had seen very
> > little playing time. Rather than replace the reed, I decided to just
> > rework another reedplate. But the Draw 6 reed on that plate had a
> > nearly identical tuning gash, and with far less work on it, that Draw
> > 6 snapped off along the same gash line.
>
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