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harmonica construction -parts
harmonica construction -parts
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MP
1353 posts
Feb 02, 2011
12:28 PM
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harmonica parts: two cover plates held together with 2 or
4 screws, or on MB 1896 8 nails.
two reed plates= ten reeds per plate with 10 rivets. so, 20 reeds and 20 rivets. suzuki spot welds so 0 rivets.
reedplates secured with 3, 6, and sometimes 8 or more screws. early meisterklasse has 9 or 11 screws(i forgot).
MB 1896 has 14 nails to secure plates, though early models had 15 and some had 13.(the modern 1896 has a whopping 22 nails total if you include coverplates.
1 comb-- wood, plastic,anodized aluminum, composite.---------
length of harps vary, MBs just under 4 inches, lee oskar just over 4 inches so, roughly 4 inches.
reeds according to kim fields are 1/200th of an inch thick(he must mean at the thinniest point) and one wonders why reeds fail....
but that's not all, reeds average 2/32 to 3/32 wide.
average reed length is impossible to say because they are all different. but, 10 blow on an F# is under 1/2 inch.
and 1 blow on a G is about 3/4s.
in short, the harp has very few parts compared to other reed instruments. ever refurbish a sax, clarinet, etc.? i have. this doesn't make them better, they just got a hell of a lot of parts.
thought some folks mught be interested, see yah.
MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2011 1:49 PM
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MP
1354 posts
Feb 02, 2011
2:03 PM
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the suzukis i've tried are the early promasters(a clone of the pre-MS miesterclasse so i think they were riveted).
the bushman delta frost, spot welded and a very good harp.
and the manji. spot welded. GREAT HARP.
to replace these reeds you have to break the weld, find a donor plate(good luck) and break the weld on that one. and somehow drill an accurate screw or rivet hole to attach the bloody thing.
i think harpwrench may have the suzuki tools for this process. i'm not sure. at present, you can just buy new bushman reedplates for cheap. maybe send him your dead guys for donors?
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MP
doctor of semiotics and reed replacement.
"making the world a better place, one harmonica at a time"
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groyster1
813 posts
Feb 02, 2011
2:58 PM
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suzuki is soon going to offer replacement reeds for the manjis but cant imagine that much need for them and I agree the manji is 1 fine playing harp
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