Re: [Harp-L] Swappable Reeds

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well thats how accordions are set up. Except the dual reed plates are waxed IN. I would think that individual PLATES attaching with clothing snaps could work. The the covers could also attach with snaps.

The comb would have to have soft upper and lower surfaces (for a good seal), but hey..it's an idea. The individual REED idea sounds good on the surface, but it seems to me that there are an excruciatingly
large number of flaw possibilities.

smo-joe   

On Nov 15, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Jerry Deall wrote:

> So I have one and there is a small reed plate for each reed, that slides into a slot on one side of the reed chamber. Each hole in the comb takes two of these small reed paltes, one draw onr blow. 
> 
> Jerry 
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> From: "Jerry Deall" <jdeall@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> To: "David Fairweather" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx> 
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> Yes there was the Unitone Harmonica: 
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> http://www.patmissin.com/gallery/gallery10.html 
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> http://www.fvstore.com/Unitone-Chromatic-Harmonica-034-Rare-1930-039-s-034-/p1136.html 
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> 
> Rather cheap construction of bakerlite, but I thought it was a cool idea. 
> 
> Jerry 
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> From: "David Fairweather" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx> 
> To: "Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:34:11 PM 
> Subject: [Harp-L] Swappable Reeds 
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> I seem to recall quite a few years ago, someone on harp-l claimed to be 
> working on a diatonic where you could easily swap the reeds out to create 
> custom tunings. I guess the reeds would snap or slide into place. 
> Obviously that project never came to fruition, but I'm wondering, has it 
> ever been done and why not? 
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