Re: [Harp-L] Seydel Favorite Coverplate Screws

[Bill <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the replies!

I'm getting the hang of the coverplate screws now, which is good for me
bearing in mind that I have come very reluctantly to the realisation that I
need to gain what amounts to a degree in ultra light engineering in order to
play my instrument the way I want to, when I can't even mend my bicycle
myself.

I am now the very proud owner of a precisely (A=444) equal tuned Bb Seydel
Favourite - nb proper English spelling, written in spite of Microsoft's
annoying insistence that I do it wrong - sorry, I meant in american (sic!)
- on which it is possible to zip up a chromatic scale faster than zips come
down on my beloved hometown Brighton's beach after lights out.  That is a
thing of great joy!

Bill


On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I project I have set myself, but as yet haven't executed, is to do what
> I've done on my 'pocket' harps (ie the ones that are in a constant state of
> modification) to all my 'working' harps: Ssolder the nuts onto the
> coverplate, so that I only have the screws to hang on to/lose whenever I
> take it apart. You could just as easily glue those hard-to-handle female
> bolts on the GM with Araldite or some such. I'd screw the harp lightly
> together while waiting for the glue to dry though; and use the glue
> sparingly!
> RD
>
> >>> Bill <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 26/05/2008 2:41 >>>
>  Hi Folks
> I got myself a couple of Seydel Favorites recently and I love the
> sound and the smooth shape of the coverplates, which I like after playing
> Golden Melody's for a long time.  What I find an absolute nightmare though,
> is when I am trying to put them back together again.  I find it really
> awkward trying to hold one cover plate in place and then get the screw to
> bite into the nut, so I can tighten everything up again and i'm worried
> that
> sooner of later, I'm going to slip and snag a reed.
>
> I wondered if anyone else had found a similar problem and a way of
> overcoming it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
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