droffilcal
2 posts
Sep 24, 2011
9:02 PM
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So I cracked open my Seydel Solist Pro for the first time, and upon reassembly I discovered that while there seem to be 8 holes in which to put the reed plate screws, I only had five.
There are 5 reed plate screws through the middle part of the harp. Then on the left side of the harp (looking from front to back) there are 2 holes in the reed plate and comb positioned to the inside of the cover plate screw -- one near the front of the harp, one to the back of the harp -- but no screws present.
On the right side of the harp, just to the inside of the cover plate screw there is 1 hole in the reed plate and comb up near the front of the harp -- once again no screw present.
What gives ? Would this affect the airtightness/response of the harp ? And no, I definitely did not drop or otherwise misplace any screws, they were all placed directly on a white piece of paper on the table where I was working.
Last Edited by on Sep 24, 2011 9:11 PM
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nacoran
4669 posts
Sep 24, 2011
10:17 PM
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I'm not sure why, but several different harp models have more holes than screws. I suspect that some reed plates start off as generic reed plates designed to fit several different models.
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arzajac
667 posts
Sep 25, 2011
4:29 AM
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If both surfaces are perfectly flat, the screws' only job is to hold things together. The number of screws won't affect airtightness. In fact, if you overtighten screws, you could make a harp leak.
So, low-end harps have many screws, while high-end harps have fewer and are still more airtight.
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jim
1006 posts
Sep 25, 2011
9:37 AM
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If you put any more screws, the coverplates will not fit.
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