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Frankie
10 posts
Jan 20, 2018
10:58 AM
Guys

Sooner or later I need to customize harmonica , do tuning etc and I need a filling gauge

some thing like this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T86ADZ4/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1


but if you look at the bottom of the page metric sizes are

metric sizes: .04, .05, .06, .08, .10, .13, .15, .18, .20, .23, .25, .28, .30, .33, .35, .38, .40, .43, .45, .48, .50, .53, .55, .58, .60, .63, .65, .70, .75, .80, .88mm

As you see there is no 09 , 11, 12 16 17

Does any body know what filling gauge I need

Any link to buy one?

Thanks
SuperBee
5204 posts
Jan 20, 2018
12:34 PM
Funnily enough although I live in a ‘metric’ country I have an imperial set of feelers
Frankie, I don’t have a link. That set looks ok.
I use feelers quite rarely even though I’m forever setting up harps and replacing reeds. I do it by eye and test by playing, every time.
I have seen Kinya Pollard recommend recording the setup gaps for each key and type of harp.
I’ve never tried it. Maybe it would be quicker and better.


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