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HOOSIER BOY
HOOSIER BOY
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Tryharp
58 posts
Jan 02, 2009
3:45 AM
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Hi Guys,
In one of Adams old lessons he plays on a HOOSIER BOY harp, its a hohner and has a Herb Shiner signature on it, its gold in color. He says that Nat Riddles gave him this harp.
Anyway after watching that lesson I thought it was a cool harp, and had some fun elements to it, so bought one off ebay for about ten bucks ( key of C ). I cleaned it up, and it wasnt bad, I liked it. Anyway, later on I totally customised it, sealed the comb with bees wax, replaced the nails with screws, embossed and gapped it, and it is turbo charged now. It has great tone, it has more cruch than a marine band ( I think the very light coverplates ), plays like butter and overblows better than my other harps, its a BAD BOY!
I was wondering.........
- does anyone else have a hoosier boy?
- do they come in keys other than C?
- are the comb and plates Blues band?
Ive never played a BB, but I will give them a go if thats the basis of the hoosier boy, I see the BB gets rated well in the best blues harp thread
Maybe my next post on Harpfriends I'll give the hoosier boy a run.
Tryharp
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Thunderfromheaven
1 post
Jan 08, 2009
8:22 PM
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I have 2 mint unused ones paid $40+ , there 2 types. 1 has all the blue and red writting and looks great. There is a second version with just engraved covers, these type are not as nice. They came in a carded pack with a single on vinyl. They only come in the key of c. I have a hohner lancer which was made in Ireland and is available in different keys, sounds great and was mint on Ebay. Also have some old hohner super vampers which are nice but hard to get in good condition.
Where did you get the screws etc you used as I am having trouble here in New Zealand.
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Tryharp
64 posts
Jan 08, 2009
9:40 PM
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Thunder,
I bought some 2mm dia x 8mm and 10mm long button head stainless screws from www.microfasteners.com.au/. I then replaced the screws in a SP20 with the stainless ones, and used the SP20 brass ones in the Hoosier boy coverplates.
I've got the nice one with the red and blue writing.
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Thunderfromheaven
2 posts
Jan 09, 2009
12:29 PM
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I looked on their website, did you definately use metric fasteners and not imperial, what item from their catalogue was it so I get the correct ones?
Did you just screw the reed plates using nuts or use a tap to thread them?
I also have some of the 100th Anniversary MB's, they have gold plated covers and would be worth doing the same with. They are still cheep on ebay now and again.
I have a few old harp and fancy the idea of making them easier to clean using screws.
If you want good value hand tuned harps try this guy, they are so easy to play and cheaper than an off the self one-
http://www.southx.biz/dannecker/shopcustomdiat.htm
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Tryharp
65 posts
Jan 09, 2009
6:07 PM
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Thunder,
Yes, I used metric. If you look under button head ( you need about 1.3mm allen key to secure these ) on the below link, thats what I used for the cover plates
http://www.microfasteners.com.au/fastenerpages/Miniatures/MinSocketScrews.html
And under pan Phillips at
http://www.microfasteners.com.au/fastenerpages/Miniatures/MinMachineScrews.html#06
is what I used for the reed plates. Both are metric M2.
I made a mistake in the last post, I actually got 10mm and 12mm, this relates close to the thread length. 10mm will do reed plates and marine band covers, but you need a 12mm for a SP20 covers which is a bit thicker.
100th Ann. MB's sound nice. With gold coverplates brass would lood nicer than SS.
This is part of my order confirmation they sent:-
M2 Hex Nuts 304 S/S $4.17 / 25 ex stock
M2 x 10 Button Socket Scr 304 S/S $12.18 / 25 7-10 days
Freight sending Aust Post normal $5.00 or Airbag $13.50
So M2 = 2mm metric
304 S/S - Grade 304 stainless steel
Button Socket = 1.3mm allen key type head
$12.18 / 25 = $12.18 for 25 piece packet
And I also bought a 2mm tap from the same place, which I used on the reed plates, but you could use nuts instead. The tapped reed plates are easy to strip if you do up to tight, and I've had to put nuts on a couple I've stripped, no problem.
TH
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