Grillslinger
6 posts
Sep 06, 2008
8:24 AM
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To anyone who has done this process... does it make a very big difference? What about cutting the sprues?
I would be doing this to a Lee Oskar.
Thanks!
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salmon
Guest
Sep 06, 2008
8:56 AM
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What is a sprue?
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SUNDOG
37 posts
Sep 06, 2008
3:04 PM
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Reed plates replacements on the LO are hard to get a tight fit after taking them off the first time. I had leaky problems with my Bb and thought it was the comb. I got a new comb from my supplier coast-2-coast, but still had leaks... come to find out I did not have the three screws which hold the reed plates together (and sandwich the comb) completely down and tight. Saw a slight gap between the head of the screws and the reed plates. Carefully turned them down a tiny bit at a time till the just started to squeak. Those screws are self threading and feel like they are tight even when they still have a thousandth or so to go. At least in my case it made all the difference. Also the cover plate screws help with the seal when in place and tight.
r, Neal aka:SUNDOG
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gene
1 post
Sep 06, 2008
6:55 PM
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I have Suzuki Promasters with metal combs. All the screws are machine screws; not self-threading. The Promasters are air-tight, but I put Micropore on them anyway.
I stuck the Micropore to one side of the comb, then laid the comb on a hard, flat surface (other than my ex-wife's face) with the Micropore on the bottom side. Then with a new blade in a utility knife, I cut the tape from the comb. Then I did the other side of the comb.
Does it work? I don't know. My harps were air-tight to begin with, but I've read that it works, and it seems like it should.
"What is a sprue?"
http://ie.thefreedictionary.com/sprue
Last Edited by on Sep 06, 2008 6:58 PM
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oldwailer
177 posts
Sep 06, 2008
8:30 PM
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I only tape harps if they are leaky and have a plastic comb--and I think it works very well. I have a couple of old Big Rivers (I know, but they just won't die) that I had to tape and they turned out to be decent harps. . . If they don't leak--I just keep on playing them. . .
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Scoltx
18 posts
Sep 08, 2008
3:51 AM
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Here's my micropore story. I had a leaky Blues Harp in A that I was trying to revive and decided to micropore it to see if it would help. It did, but unfortunately I didn't do a great job and had some bits hanging down in the reed slots on a couple of holes and decided to remove it about a month later.
About 6 months later I decided to swap parts from 3 different MS series harps just to see what it would sound like. I was planning to use the reed plates from a Pro Harp, comb from the above Blues Harp and covers from a Big River (they have the side holes like a MB). When I took apart the Blues Harp to get the comb it practically disintegrated. I'm not sure if the tape was the culprit or not, but I won't be trying to tape any more wood comb harps any time soon.
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