Re: [Harp-L] Re: Reed plate protrusion (Tom Albanese)

[Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx>]

The edges of just about all reed plates are sharp.  If they have the groove cut into them to accomodate the upper edge of the cover plates, there's usually a sharp little burr on the edge of the reed plate.

I like taking a piece of super fine (size 0000) steel wool to smooth out all these sharp edges.  Really helps make the harps more comfortable to play, and my mouth always thanks me for taking the time to do it !

Ken H in OH

--- On Fri, 5/29/09, geoff atkins <geoffatkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: geoff atkins <geoffatkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Reed plate protrusion (Tom Albanese)
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 11:08 PM
> While Iceman is dealing with Hohner
> QC, could he please add this:
> 
> On the extreme edge of the MS system plates is a fine chase
> into which the
> cover fits. The LHS end of the reed plate is sheared
> abruptly, and the
> resulting chase corner is extremely sharp, and causes
> abrasions in the
> inside of the upper lip when playing cross position.
> I've filed a few bad edges down smoother , but recently had
> to play an OOTB
> harp, which was most uncomfortable. 
> Here we are asked to pay 40$ for a Blues Harp, and average
> wages here are
> 800 USD a month, -many earn half that amount-, so the harps
> are "expensive".
> 
> Best Regards
>  
> Geoff Atkins
>  
> 
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