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From: Pat Missin
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 18:09:02 GMT
Subject: Re: reed replacements

fjm writes:

>Pat Missin explains that he hasn't had any trouble with the Lee Oskar
>reeds and replacement. The exception being an incompatability between
>the older reed/rivet combo and the newer version. I think you're right
>Pat, that was the trouble. A large part of my stock of reedplates is
>indeed older and my current reedplates in use are generally newer. If I
>remember correctly it was the place that the reed pad was rivited that
>gave me so much trouble, I couldn't get the reeds to settle down and stop
>hitting the edges of the slots. fjm
>

Yeah, that's very similar to my experience. Basically, the reeds wind up
with no gap on one side and a huge gap on the other. It is possible to set
the reeds sort of diagonally in the slot and reshape the edges so the reed
swings cleanly, but it's a lot of hassle and it makes that hole on the harp
rather leaky. Best just to stick another reed in. Perhaps if you replace
them using screws, it might give you a bit more leeway to fix this problem,
but I don't know.

Pat.