Re: [Harp-L] Replaceable Reeds

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

if you tap the reedplate, screw a screw into it, and strip the hole in the reedplate, you have a problem.
 
I have harmonicas where I've spent a lot of time working the reeds and the reedplates, and have also replaced the same reed more than once. I feel that the best way to protect my investment is to use the screw post method. I can always replace the post if it strips, but having to enlarge the rivet hole in the reedplate to use a larger size screw for JUST THAT ONE reed would be a drag. An ounce of prevention, as they say.
 
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
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--- On Thu, 10/21/10, Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Rick Dempster <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Replaceable Reeds
To: "Joe Leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>, gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx, pneupco2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 8:28 PM


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

>>> 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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