Re: [Harp-L] reed going flat when played hard

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

A reed going sharp when played harder(er)  - this suggests that the
reed is hitting something. Hold the reedplate up to a bright light so
it shines through the slot around the reed. You'll probably notice
either a burr or misalignment of the reed in the slot. Either shift the
reed a little or clear the burr, and the problem may go away.

Winslow


--- Captron100@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I have 2 problems and would appreciate input.  I'm trying to save one
>  of my 
> harps that was a good harp -- till yesterday.
>  I just embossed (with a socket and glasscutter) and gapped a Lee 
> Oskar Db 
> harp that wasn't playing to my satisfaction.  I slipped  with the
> glass cutter 
> and ruined the 6 hole blow reed.  So I replaced  it with a reed from
> a Hohner 
> SP20, which turns out to be short, despite my  checking the slot
> measurements 
> shown on Pat Missin's site.  The info  for short slotted harps
> indicates that 
> the SP20 reed is both longer and  wider. Is a LO key of Db a long
> slot?  One 
> other  possibility is that LO rivets are larger in diameter than
> Hohner rivets 
> and i  had to open the hole in the Hohner reed to get the rivet in.
> It pretty 
> much goes  without saying that this hole now plays badly.  Comments
> and  
> suggestions?
>   Something I did has affected the tunings, esp. in my 7  hole blow. 
> It went 
> drastically sharp so I tuned it down so that  it's more in the
> ballpark.  But 
> now this reed goes way sharp the harder I  blow.  I've never before 
> experienced such a drastic variation caused by  volume of breath. 
> Comments and 
> suggestions?
> ron
> 
> 
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