I've just replaced the wood comb on a Marine Band with a Corian Comb. I have used a pre-drilled Blue Moon comb and drilled the holes for the new reed plate bolts/nuts with the original comb fastened to the wood comb and then after dismantelong the harmonica I have countersunk/removed the burrs on the drilled holes and flat sanded the draw plate.
Unfortunatly I didn't play the new harmonica before I do the modification so I'm not sure if It was like this before I did the modification :-/ continue reading...
Kinya, loads of harp troubles this week. Here's the latest...
On my Sedel 1847 D harp, I seem to be having some strange problems with the 3 draw reed, especially when starting from a bend -- and most notably when combining a little 4 draw with it. On fast passages, it seems to "stick", not sounding for a moment, then all of the sudden kicking in. I wondered if it might be technique, but I don't seem to have the problem when playing the same licks with my Special 20 or Crossover D harps. continue reading...
I receintly bought a new Hohner special 20 harp in the key of B. I have difficulty playing this harp. Its harder to perform the bends and harder to play any note- even the blow notes. I have to blow or draw harder to sound the notes. I have no issues with bends or anything on the special 20 in C or Bb or any other key. Is there something different about a B harp that makes it more difficult to play?
ive been collecting vintage Echo supervampers and marine bands for a while and am looking to customise them.
I've started practising on some mb's, and find milling the reex plates fine. But struggle to mill the cover plates, any recommendations.
also when removing nails, what's the best way to ensure that the reed plates dont bow? I'm using custom combs and want to ensure tother maximum airtightness.
Im trying to retune my chromatic, but I notice that if I tune all the reeds to 0 cents (or +/-2) I get the sound of tremolo if I play the octave, bust also if I tune for example the A reed to 0 cents and play octave and match the pitch of the octave higher, the reed is not tuned in the same cents as the bottom note.
Posted Fri, 05/01/2015 - 16:44 by Harp Tech Kinya...
Hello Harp Techs,
Mastering reed plate slot embossing (sizing) is a mandatory skill for all Harp Techs. For many of us, this skill was developed over thousands of reed slots--by trial and error. With each one, your X-ray vision became sharper and more accurate. continue reading...