Re: [Harp-L] Reed Replacement Tool

["Dane Paul" <Monsterharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

IF................you have a drill press, put the punch in the chuck, and 
use it as a press...............oh................dont turn it 
on..............Dane Paul

PS..............................That is how I did it before I got the 
Farrell gizmo. I like the press because you have a bit more controll than 
hammering.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:10 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Reed Replacement Tool


I was wondering what tools to use for removing dead single reeds.  I've been 
exchanging single reeds for a couple of years and up till now used the 
de-riveting tool that harponline sell.  It's a bit like a pair of pliers 
with length of slim steel on one of the jaws that fits into a hole on the 
one opposite side and it makes it very easy to pop the rivets out, I think 
Seydel sell the same bit of kit.  The problem is I've managed to break off 
the slim steel piece and a replacement tool is sixty euros and a week in the 
post.

So I was wondering about using a slim centre punch and giving the rivet a 
tap and free the old reed that way but i'm a bit nervous about buckling the 
plate.  I don't have a vice but I've got an aluminium comb I could rest on 
which I could see working for the diatonic reed i need to replace but i also 
need to replace a reed in a CX12.....

What do people think?

Thanks

Bill

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