From: "Mark Lavoie" <lavoie@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Michael Easton" <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Tuning and reed integrity Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:09:00 -0500
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
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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. > > _______________________________________________ > Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org > Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx > http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
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