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

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry bout that Jason, my bad. I was thinking about Scotty's post where she said the words 'wee bits' and how their absence wouldn't have a bad 
effect on the CX. Then Slim said that he felt that they might be to index the positioning of the comb. The similar posts over taxed my head. 

smo-joe

On Mar 5, 2013, at 8:57 PM, Chesper Nevins wrote:

> LOL, I guess I lurk far too often, no one knows who the heck I am. I
> happen to know that Scotty writes lots of great posts so she will
> forgive me if I stand up and wave and say that this time it was me.
> Hi Scotty! I even know that Joe Leone calls himself Mr Cellophane
> sometimes.  lol! ironic... It got me thinking how strange it is that I
> should be so aware of you folks and not vice versa!  So to dispel any
> possibility of being a creepy lurker I am speaking up and saying
> hi....
> 
> I know it was me because the exact same thing happened to my prize CX
> (reeds done by Pat Missin).  The tabs were bent out of shape so it
> kept the comb from fitting well in the shell.  The tabs seem to just
> be there to align the comb correctly in the shell and keep it from
> sliding around.  So by breaking off the bent tabs but keeping the
> intact tabs, there was still enough there to keep the comb in place.
> Problem solved.  And that's about as handy as get!  :)
> 
> Jason Rogers AKA Chespernevins
> 
> PS I wrote an article about the Diminished tuning in "Harmonica
> Happenings" last year...
> 
> ===
> 
>> Chesper Nevins <chespernevins@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Mar 4 (1 day ago)
> 
>> to Ryan, Harp
>> I had the same thing happen.  I ended up snapping off the broken tabs
>> so they wouldn't interfere with the slide or the comb placement in the
>> body, and now it works fine.  I retained the tabs that weren't broken
>> or bent.
> 
>> Maybe this would work in your case?
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I believe that was 'Scotty'. She's a girl but really knows her stuff.
>> smo-joe
>> 
>> On Mar 5, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Ryan Hartt wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I don't remember who suggested it, but I just broke off the remaining teeth and it fits fine and is air tight.
>>> Ryan
>>>