Re: [Harp-L] Hohner Discovery 48 with 270 chromonica reed plates

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

To get regular 270 plates to fit you need to drill screw holes in the appropriate spots. The best screw size is the metric 1.6 screw, as this will both be large enough in diameter to thread well wherever screw holes coincide with existing nail holes, and small enough in diameter to fit through the holes in the comb (I've had trouble using American 1-72 screws on old 64 combs from when they used a combination of plastic combs and drift pins (i.e., nails).


However, you also need to remove a plastic post that sticks up from the Discovery 47 comb through a hole in the top reedplate. This is evidently a placement device for assembly, but neither 270 nor 270 Deluxe plates have the hole to accommodate the post. The easiest fix is to simply snip off the plastic post below the line of the reedplate.

These cautions aside, 270 Deluxe plates fit very snugly into the 'fence" or lip thta surrounds the reedplates in the Deluxe comb. I haven't tried regular 270 plates yet (which you'd need for keys other than C), so I can't say whether you'd need to remove any metal from the edges to reduce the dimensions to fit.

 
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 From: Steve Molitor <stevemolitor@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 9:14 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Hohner Discovery 48 with 270 chromonica reed plates
 
I like my new Hohner Discovery 48 but would like to get another one in a
key besides C (B flat actually).  The Discovery only comes in C. Is it
possible to put 270 chromonica reed plates on it?  What would be involved?
Are there any customizers that would sell me 270 reed plates with the
nails already replaced with screws?  I'm not super handy - I can handle a
screw driver but anything beyond that is a little dicey.

Steve