Subject: [Harp-L] Broken CX-12 Comb

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hi Ryan:
 
If I'm reading your post (and the photos) correctly, you're talking about  
the tiny little squared off teeth at the top of the photo and not  the 4 
bigger flanges which hold the body within the shell? 
 
 
If so, I've just opened up 3 of my own black CX-12's to see just what those 
 'teeth' do since I've never noticed them holding on the mouthpiece before, 
 and frankly I still don't think that's their purpose. If you take another 
look  (and/or remove the reedplates), the mouthpiece is likely of a piece 
with  the comb? At least that's my memory from the last time I disassembled my 
 last CX-12 completely. 
 
I think those wee teeth are merely there for the reed plates to tuck under  
but the absence of which shouldn't make the chrom much airier since the 
screws  are what should still be holding on the reed plates.
 
Rather than take off my own reed plates to prove or disprove my  theory, I 
did a quick online search. Here's a link to Hohner parts:
 
 
_http://www.hohnershop.com/cx12-comb/_ 
(http://www.hohnershop.com/cx12-comb/)  
 
 
If I'm seeing this photo correctly, the mouthpiece IS all one with the  
comb and the entire thing is available for $31 although I don't know if there'd 
 be extra costs for shipping. But what it means to me is that it should be 
a  relatively easy fix. Tom 'Grizz' Baehr of Slidemeister has had success in 
 repairing a broken CX-12 shell (around the slide/button) using ABS Cement, 
 molding it to the shape of the shell. I think you might be able to simply 
run a  very thin bead of any like to like plastics' glue (or the same ABS 
Weld) to fill  any gaps created by the absence of the teeth or to reaffix the 
mp to the comb  where it might have separated, and/or shape those tiny 
'teeth' if you're  ambitious.
 
If what you're referring to instead are the bigger flanges which hold the  
entire body within the shell, that's a tougher fix since they're  under 
great pressure and I'd probably opt to order the new part  instead. 
 
Hope this helps although I still don't comprehend why the body doesn't sit  
properly within the shell unless one of the flanges or another part of the 
shell  was also damaged?
 
Elizabeth
 
 
 
"Message: 10
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 13:46:17 -0500
From: Ryan Hartt  <rhartt1234@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Broken CX-12 Comb
To:  "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>


I dropped my CX-12 last  week and the little teeth on the comb that hold 
the reed plates to the  mouthpiece broke off. As a result the comb does not 
sit properly and is  leaky.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/rhartt1234/2013-03-04133630_zps59a936
36.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/rhartt1234/2013-03-04133653_zps9765e3
11.jpg
Can  anyone recommend a quick fix or a resource for this particular  part.
Thanks
Ryan

Ryan Hartt & the Blue  Hearts
http://www.ryanhartt.com


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