Re: [Harp-L] Replaceable Reeds

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 21, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Rick Dempster wrote:

> Why wouldn't they have just tapped the reed plate? (which is what i do
> for reed replacement. A lot easier than fiddling around with a nut.  
> Any
> practical reason, apart, perhaps from reducing labour?

> RD

When we talked about this Rick the conclusion was that there are only  
so many turns of thread that can be cut into a 'relatively' thin reed  
plate and with the nut system you had more turns. That AND the  
possibility of wrecking the tap job in a reed plate IS a problem  
(usually necessitating a larger mach screw), whereas stripping a nut  
is quite hard to do. Reducing labor was never an issue, as it is  
actually more labor intensive (and expensive...due to the nuts) to do  
the 'stud pin-receiver nut' system. We were looking for the BEST system.

smo-joe

> > > > Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> 22/10/2010 13:51 >>>
> Farrell had Hohner Toots Hard Boppers with 00-90 screw posts instaljed
> in the reedplates where the rivets had been. This allowed the user to
> replace a reed by unscrewing a nut, popping the replacement reed on  
> the
> screw post (though the holes in the reed pad needed to be enlarged  
> a bit
> with a rat tail file), and tightening the nut again. You had to do  
> a bit
> of centering of the reed, and gapping and fine tuning are pretty much
> always required, but the actual reed replacement was pretty quick.
> Winslow
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
> Harmonica instructor, The Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance
> Resident expert, bluesharmonica.com
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
>
> --- On Thu, 10/21/10, gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> From: gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Replaceable Reeds
> To: "Joe Leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>, pneupco2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "Harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 5:03 PM
>
> Did Farrell have harmonicas with replaceable reeds?
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