Re: [Harp-L] Re: Who has used PT Gazell Valves on Hohner harps?

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, just take the blow plate off one and see what room you have. 
There is one way around this tightness inside on a Marine Band for a short slot Marine Band. Use a long-slot Marine Band comb. Otherwise, if you are trying to make a valve fit, where there is a razor, there is a way. That said, there's not really enough room inside any Hohner diatonic to comfortably valve with any valve. One thing I can say from experience, when you are in a tight situation like that, round the corner of the valve. Unless you have valve-adjusting laser guides or something to get a perfect parallelification (new word) of the valve and reed, the corners will be the most likely to scrape the sides of the comb teeth. 
 

David Payne
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 From: Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Cc: mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx; Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>; steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Who has used PT Gazell Valves on Hohner harps?
 
What about a SP20 or GM?  Thanks, guys!  

On Monday, October 1, 2012 6:44:46 PM UTC-5, Steve Baker wrote:
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> Due to the smaller comb of the Marine Band, there isn't enough space 
> between the end of the reed slot and the point where the end of the channel 
> meets the reed plate on the inside of the instrument, to stick down a valve 
> over the lower draw reeds. You could carve out a suitable notch in the 
> surface of the comb to accomodate the end of the valve. I tried half 
> valving a Big River Harp and it worked great. The larger size of the MS 
> models means there is sufficient room for the end of the valve. 
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> Steve Baker 
> www.stevebaker.de 
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> www.harmonica-masters.de 
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