Subject: [Harp-L] Chromonica II De Luxe

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

it's probably something somebody used as a repair ...or as a ''cushion'  
under the coverplates to deaden the sound or block air leakage.  There is  much 
discussion on slidemeister about just how to make chroms air-tight or fix a  
crack in a wood body. 
 
What you might want to do is take good photos of it and send them to Dave  
Payne...he's really good at chromatic repair and ferreting out the history of  
older chroms...and has been very generous in giving his time here and on  
slidemeister to help people work on them...or post them yourself here  or there to 
get input from anyone else who might have seen something like  it before. The 
reality is that a lot of chromatic players post only on  slidemeister and 
don't come to harp-l.
 
I highly doubt it came from the factory with anything remotely resembling  
caulk.
 
How to remove it will be the $64,000 question. :)
 
Elizabeth
 
Message: 10
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 05:23:01 GMT
From:  "jcolbyspell@xxxxxxxx" <jcolbyspell@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L]  Chromonica II De Luxe
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

Are the Chromonica II De  Luxes supposed to have some sort of weird 
caulk-like stuff on the inside or did  someone do an experiment with mine?  If you are 
not familiar with this  harp, it is like the one on the cover of Man Bites 
Harmonica by Toots.   There not supposed to be the best harps in the world but I 
fell in love with the  way it looks.  It plays OK but I am a little worried 
about the goo.   This is one that has the thick brass reedplates instead of the 
aluminum.   Has anyone worked on these.  Is there anything I should know 
before I open  it up?  Here is a link to a  picture.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000000Z5Y/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8
&n=5174&s=music


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