Ask Harp Tech Expert Kinya Pollard

There's alot of tools you can use to tune with. One thing you should understand is that the factory uses a agressive approach because they wantn to get the tuining done quickly. The person doing the tuning does a lot of harps during the day. Sometimes you'll find that the tools that are used leave gouges that weaken the reed. continue reading...

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Hi Kinya

A lot of my harmonicas are becoming somewhat flat in certain holes.

I will use cleartune or harp ninja to a get an approximate initial tune-up. Is there anything else that I should do or check before doing a quick retune?

Thanks

Hi Kinya,

I was wondering if you happen to know of any customisers who can tune my harmonica to reference pitch A=432hz?

best regards,

Hi Kinya,

I was wondering if you happen to know of any customisers who can tune my harmonica to reference pitch A=432hz?

best regards,

Hi Kinya,

I was wondering if you happen to know of any customisers who can tune my harmonica to reference pitch A=432hz?

best regards,

Hello,

i'm trying to find new reeds to repair my MB's.The donor harps that i have have finished their life!

Any help please???

Thanks

George

Hi Kinya,

I've been wondering why Marine Bands converted from nails to screws often only have two screws securing the coverplates? I can see some advantage in it making it easier to assemble/disassemble the harp in that it only requires dealing with two sets of screws/nuts rather than four. Some might argue it's an aesthetic thing and that it 'looks cool'... continue reading...

hi,

i bought the "1896 marine band" in the key of A a few months ago and im playing it almost every day since then. few days ago the sound of the 5 draw has changed completly. now it sounds like the 4 draw. i wonder if theres something i can do about it myself. if so, how can i fix it?

thank you

Thanks Kinya, your videos have really helped me out.

I thought that I was going really backwards with my learning. I thought I was in for months of relearning my technique to drop some bad habits.

Nope! Turns out that my 'A' harmonica was just really in a bad shape. No wonder I couldn't play certain songs in a soft, warm, relaxed manner. It wasn't the songs at all, just the harmonica they were played on. Getting 3 draw to sound at all required something akin to sucking honey through a straw. And I had nobody who could tell me that it wasn't normal. continue reading...