[Harp-L] tuning stainless steel reeds
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- Subject: [Harp-L] tuning stainless steel reeds
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- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 13:21:36 -0400 (EDT)
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Winslow Yerxa wrote:You may find it advantageous to solder a piece of brass to the end of the reed, as it's heavier than solder and can deliver more weight in less space.snip..... The first lesson I learned in dealing with this is that you need acid flux and lead-free silver bearing solder (and therefore high temperatures) when you solder stainless steel.
The only time I ever tried to tune with solder, the solder ran into the reed slot and fused the reed inside the reed slot. I wasn't able to remove it and chalked it up to experience (or lack of). How do u keep the solder from running off the reed?
ron
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