Re: [Harp-L] gapping of reeds on harp

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a general rule, reeds are installed at the factory by machine. Then they are finish tuned by hand. At that time they discover if there are any reeds that were installed too close or too far out of spec to sound correctly. Then the technician will adjust the gap on those reeds with a shim used as a pry bar. Sooo, in a way, it's hard to advise you. It is all by touch. 

smo-joe

On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:52 PM, John wrote:

>   Hi. I would appreciarte a little help. I am about to check the gapping on my harmonicas in an attempt to improve 
>   their ease of playing, obviously not all my reeds may want adjusting, but as a rule of thumb for those that may want
>   adjusting could somebody advise me as to how much gap am I looking for say as a percentage of the reed thickness
>   to put me in a time saving exercise and save me a lot of cussing when I don't seem to be getting it close to
>   acceptable.
> 
>                             thanking you in advance  --------- John Taylor