RE: [Harp-L] Half-Valving a Chromatic

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

Brendan wrote:

> The stock CX12 is pretty good in this
> respect, but you can improve airtightness by putting a very thin film of
> Vaseline on the slider. There are other mods also, but that is a simple
> and quick way to get a significant improvement.

Whoa, vaseline?  I'm not much of a chromatic man but I always thought that 
doing anything to the slide, other than cleaning it with a warm water 
upside-down bath, was anathema.   You learn something new every day!

Steve

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