Re: [Harp-L] "Breaking in" a harmonica

[Gary Mulholland <g.e.mulholland@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was doing a gig last week and rehearsing before the gig a reed in my G harp went south. I rushed round town looking for a replacement and found a Suzuki pro. It was expensive but I needed it so got it. Did some rehearsing with it and then was off to the gig. It played great for 1 song and then bust a reed on the 2nd song !! Total piece off crap !  I'm not a heavy player and get all my harps retuned every year with very little problems in between. My way of breaking that  40 Suzuki pro in was to throw it out of the pub window the second I came off stage !! I normally get all my harps custom made by Tony Dannecker but needed to get that harp . I thought I'd read here how much better harps are now out of the box. I'll not be trying it again anytime soon. 
Gary

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> On 21 Sep 2014, at 03:09, "Matt Rackerby" <rackerby@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I have had four SS reed failures. All were top end blow reeds with VERY little playing time on the reeds, two on a Low E Session, two on an A Silver. My experience on Hohner brass reeds with the same keys has been much better.  I believe the stiffer SSteel may have difficulty dealing with the short reed pressed into a bend.
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> Regards,
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> -----Original Message----- From: Aongus Mac Cana
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 11:43 AM
> To: Harp-L List
> Subject: [Harp-L] "Breaking in" a harmonica
> 
> I was kind of surprised by the contributor who has had two Seydel Session
> Steels commit suicide in short order. I have only ever succeeded in "doing
> in" brass reeds. Maybe I am not attacking my harmonicas aggressively enough.
> 
> 
> Since I bought my first Seydel  1847 with stainless steel reeds a fair few
> years ago I have become a 'convert' to Seydel and stainless reeds. I expect
> them to last forever - or at least long enough.
> 
> So far (touch wood and crossed fingers) I have been lucky.
> 
> Beannachtai
> 
> Aongus Mac Cana