[Harp-L] CX12 leak

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the response Slim. I checked and the slide button is not loose.

MusiCal

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One un-obvious thing to check. On cx12's sometimes the button becomes
> unglued from the slide, causing mis-alignment of the slide position vs. the
> harmonica and resulting in air leakage. Remove the slide and make sure the
> button is pushed as far as it can possibly go onto the slide. If it wasn't
> already completely flush with the slide, this may have been your problem.
> Re-insert the slide and see if the problem persists or not. If this was the
> problem, you can remove the slide, remove the button from the slide, put a
> little glue (contact cement or elmer's should due) and re-attach.
>
> Hope this helps....
>
> - Slim.
>
> On Jan 16, 2013, at 11:58 PM, Music Cal wrote:
>
> > Hi guys and gals
> >
> > Holes 8-12 of my CX12 Jazz sound weaker than holes 1-7. Anybody have a
> > guess why that might be?
> >
> > This is a harp with very little wear. The volume differential was so
> > annoying that I stopped playing it. I like the tone of my other chroms
> > better but if I could get the volume of the lower half over the whole
> range
> > of my CX!2 I might start playing it again.
> >
> >
> > MusiCal
>
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