Re: [Harp-L] Two draw on a Seydel Orchestra S not responding right

["Rudolf Nasahl" <rudi.nasahl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I experienced the same problem on my two months old Orchestra-S in LC.

Having read John CuchtaÂs message I approached Seydel direkt this morning 
and just got below quoted answer. It says: they are aware of the problem, 
the solution is valving hole 2, meantimely all new Orchestra-S are shipped 
with this valve. They offer to send me such a valve and that I fix it myself 
with "Superglue" (a Loctite product) or that I send them the harmonica and 
they do this modification.

This proposal confirms JohnÂs remark "it works fine when blocking the two 
blow".

I am wondering why just only on draw 2 and not also on draw 1 and draw 3.
Is it an inherent problem of the reed weight to oscillating frequency?
Why does 2 draw not have the metalloc timber like 1 and 3 and the others?Why 
does it sound dead, muffled, hollow, monoton?

I am sure Seydel will not allow this problem to rest and soon have a better 
solution than valving.

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vielen Dank fÃr Ihre Nachricht. Uns ist das Problem mit Kanal 2 ziehen bei 
der ORCHESTRA S LC bekannt. Wir haben auch eine LÃsung dafÃr entwickelt. Es 
muss auf den 2. Kanal lediglich ein Ventil geklebt werden, damit der 
leichter anspricht. Mittlerweile werden alle neuen ORCHESTRA S so 
ausgeliefert.

In Ihrem Fall sind wir Ihnen gerne behilflich. Wir kÃnnen Ihnen gerne ein 
Ventil zuschicken, das Sie dann mit Superkleber auf den 2. Kanal aufkleben 
kÃnnen. Sie kÃnnen uns Ihre Mundharmonika aber auch gerne zusenden und wir 
werden die notwendigen Ãnderungen durchfÃhren.

Ich hoffe das hilft Ihnen weiter.

Mit freundlichen GrÃÃen - Florian Stark - Vertrieb
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-----UrsprÃngliche Nachricht----- 
From: John Cuchta
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:20 AM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Harp-L] Two draw on a Seydel Orchestra S not responding right

I'm rather new to the repair stuff and have been scratching my head about
this issue.

It's not buzzing, I've played with the gapping but what seems to be the
solution is when I have my finger sealing the two blow reed, which plays
fine itself, the two draw works, which tells me (I think) it's a gapping
issue with the two blow reed? I've been tinkering with the harp the past
couple days on and off thinking I would just figure it out but I'd rather
not end up destroying a harp that is less than a month old.

Summary: Two draw doesn't sound like it's tight but no burs or gunk are in
there and it works fine when blocking the two blow... help please!

Cheers