saltyd
13 posts
Jun 23, 2013
4:38 PM
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It seems a shame to have to buy a whole new set of reed plates whenever I break a reed. The Hohner service workshop, which has tools for changing reeds, costs about $250. Does anyone know if there's a way to improvise the tool that can remove reeds?
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nacoran
6877 posts
Jun 23, 2013
5:36 PM
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Saltyd, there should be several threads with other options. I don't remember if it was a riveter or a de-riveter, but Isaacullah had a DIY tool for part of the process. If you Google for combinations of rivets, rivet tool or derivetting and put @modernbluesharmonica.com at the end of the search you should get some useful results. I just can't find the links for some reason.
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arzajac
1086 posts
Jun 23, 2013
6:05 PM
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How about just a piece of metal with a 3/32 inch hole in it, a pointed tool and a small hammer? Just focus on punching it out straight. I just bought an 18-inch piece at Metal Supermarket and had it cut into five pieces. Cost $3.
I grind down used 1/8 inch drill bits into punches. If you get the pitch right, the rivet can stay in the reed every time (to reuse the rivet). Think fat point, like an arrow, not long and thin point like a pencil.
Regardless of whether I am using a slow deriveter (like the one-handed hole puncher) or the fast method (whack it with a pointed tool) I will be flattening the hole before I put another reed into it. I don't see the appeal of the one-handed deriveters, myself.
If that's what you are used to, then they are great, but they are not superior to doing it the "traditional" way in terms of the end-result. And they are bloody expensive!
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Last Edited by arzajac on Jun 23, 2013 6:08 PM
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Kingley
2787 posts
Jun 23, 2013
10:37 PM
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Arzajac -I like that a lot. It's pretty much the way the old guys used to fix reeds on chromatics.
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