Re: [Harp-L] Help with Chromatic repair

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi George

Plastic replacement combs for a 10 holer? Fantastic! Please keep me
informed.

Hohner combs only?

I don't know anything about delrin. What useful properties does it have as
a comb material?

MusiCal


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:36 PM, George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rivet holes in wind savers: Have you replaced rivets with screws or
> screws/nuts?  You should not need to punch holes for any other reason.
>
> Broken wood combs:  Everybody has a method of repairing wood chromatic
> combs.  Or you can replace the comb with plastic.  Later this year, I
> will to begin production of the Miklas Lifetime Comb to replace wood and
> aluminum chromatic combs in 10, 12, 14, and 16 hole models.  Individually
> milled from solid ABS, Delrin, or Acrylic, with threaded metal inserts so
> that reed plates and cover plates can be removed individually. More
> information will be made available as it develops on my website:
> http://HarmonicaGallery.com/repair
>
> George
>
> On Thursday, January 16, 2014, harp <harp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Dear Harp-L,
> >
> > I have always played the diatonic harp, but have been curious about the
> > chromatic.  I recently purchased a couple of older Hohner Chromonicas –
> one
> > is a 10-hole, and the other is a “super” 12 hole.  Both have wood combs,
> > and both are in need of maintenance.  I regularly work on my diatonics,
> but
> > I have never had a chromatic before, so I am jumping right into the deep
> > end of the swimming pool and am going to do some work on these to see if
> I
> > can make them fully functional.  But I need some help/parts.
> >
> > I have already cleaned them up some, and I have opened up the gap on some
> > reeds that were choking and have “ironed out” a reed that had been bent.
> >  100% better already, but I still have a long way to go.  Here are the
> > issues where I could use some advice:
> >
> > -  Both harps have broken combs.  The Super has a vertical crack on the
> > 10-hole that is between 1/16” and 1/8” wide.  This means that both the
> > upper and lower reeds of hole 10 play regardless of where the slide is
> > positioned.  The 10-hole Chromonica also has a vertical crack in the
> comb,
> > but it is not at all as bad, and it does not seem to leak enough air
> > between the upper and lower chambers to affect how it plays.  Does anyone
> > have any recommendations on repairing the comb?  I can think of several
> > ways to go about it, but I thought I would ask the group first.
> > -  Of course, the windsavers are shot.  Should I just buy the windsavers
> > from Hohner (currently out of stock – anyone have some they would like to
> > sell?)
> > -  Any suggestions on how to punch rivet holes in the windsavers short of
> > buying the $350 Hohner tool kit?
> > -  Does anyone have some of the slide buffers (the little pieces of
> > plastic tubing that cover the mouthpiece screws)?
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Brad
> >
>
>
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