[Harp-L] Microfiche Reader

["Aongus MacCana" <amaccana@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

Yes the use of the microfiche reader is to show the gap all around the reed
- which it does very effectively. 

This means that you see the beneficial effects of any swaging/burnishing you
carry out on the reedplates. It also shows any areas where there may be
insufficient clearance or actual interference between reed and plate.

Microfiche readers became obsolete with the advent of the PC  and the
possibility of putting information on a CD which would previously have been
committed to microfilm.

I happen to have a reader- thrown out from an office. I got it for reading
automobile workshop manuals which garages used to have on microfiche. Like
the readers the microfiche manuals also became available "on the cheap" when
the garages discarded them.

If you are able to get a reader at a 'garage sale' price, it will tell you
things about your harmonica that "you wanted to know, but were afraid to
ask"

Beannachtai

Aongus Mac Cana