Re: [Harp-L] how far?

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only if you can be bothered Dave; what is a 'Vinetta' reed? (what is a 'Vinetta' if that be the case?)
RD

>>> David Payne <dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 23/03/2009 23:37 >>>
By "at the factory," I meant like a weighted reed. It looks and functions like a factory weighted reed, instead of looking like somebody slapped solder on it. 

There is never draw pressure on a Vinetta blow reed... the draw and blow chambers are separate.

Dave
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From: Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: David Payne <dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:06:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] how far?

"attaching a piece of another reed to the tip. Pretty much how they do it at the factory. "  Which factory Dave? You mean they attach a bit of reed to the tip of the existing reed? How did you attach it?
I've used this method myself, 'super-glueing' the bit on. I stopped doing it when I found one had come off; wasn't aware of swallowing it, but then I was more concerned about it heading down my wind-pipe.
RD

>>> David Payne <dmatthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 23/03/2009 13:53 >>>
I just lowered one almost five steps yesterday. I was making a 12 chord harmonica by taking two Vinettas  and stacking them together by attaching with a couple pieces of mahogany. Both Vinettas are F,C,G, C7, G7 and D7 stock and I wanted one to be Am, Em, A7, B7, A, E. When I got it finished, I noticed the A7 sounded funny, even though the individual reeds were about where they should be. I went through each reed again and realized there was no C#, so I took one of the former G reeds and weighted it by attaching a piece of another reed to the tip. Pretty much how they do it at the factory. It worked. it was so much easier than solder and it looks like it came that way, instead of looking like I slathered some solder on it. Wally Peterman turned me onto that trick. 

Dave
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Elk River Harmonicas
www.elkriverharmonicas.com 

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