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Harmonica Upkeep by Jon Harl

Posted Mon, 05/11/2015 - 08:41 by David Barrett Admin
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Kinya Pollard (the HarpSmith) has provided a lot of very good instruction on harmonica repair, upgrades, and upkeep on the website. Please make note that for repairing and modifying harmonicas that you have to look at and adjust a lot of reeds to be able to do a professional job. continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Harmonica Service Workshops

Posted Thu, 02/05/2015 - 10:04 by David Barrett Admin
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The chromatic harmonica has more moving parts than a diatonic (slide assembly, wind savers, etc.) and is more prone to needing adjustment now and again. If a reed goes bad on a diatonic harmonica we commonly weigh the cost of sending it out for repair, taking the time to learn how to repair them for ourselves or just buying a new one. Chromatic harmonicas are more of an investment and most chromatic players I know do their own repairs (unlike diatonic players... though more are doing it these days). continue reading...

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