Re: [Harp-L] Re: 280/64 chromatic screws up or down

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

And yet the XB-40 is assembled with all screws going from the bottom reedplate up to the top. Rationale?


 
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________________________________
 From: Rick Epping <rickepping@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:29 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: 280/64 chromatic screws up or down
 
When Hohner was deciding to change the Golden Melody from pinned to screwed
reed plates, it was given to me to determine what kind of configuration to
use.  After testing every possibility, I found that maintaining for the
reed plate screws the original up/down configuration that was used for the
pins resulted in a slightly better performance.  Why, I cannot not say for
sure.  As far as I know, the Golden Melody is still assembled this way.

Best regards,
Rick

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> I'm restoring my 64 chromonica with a new black plastic comb from Hohner.
> When I replace the nails with screws, is there any performance difference
> between screws UP or Down, that is, from either reed plate? (Nails were
> driven from both sides of the harp.)
>
> Robert Hale
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