Re: [Harp-L] Microfiche Reader

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

Replacing the 35mm slide with the reedplate in a projector also works.  In both cases, a windsaver must be removed.

Vern

On Nov 12, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Aongus MacCana wrote:

> 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
>