Killa_Hertz
160 posts
Jan 10, 2016
1:40 PM
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I was kickin around on blues harmonica.com
And i saw a video by R. Sleigh in which he uses these crayola dry erase crayons to fill in the gaps at the base of the reed. Kind of an alternative to embossing. Now he says you can lightly emboss and use crayons, some combination of both. But one thing he recommended was embossing the tip half and then "waxing" the rivet end.
Has anyone tried this? Looks much easier than embossing. The rivet end is the tough part. (For me atleast ) He mentioned cleaning aswell, which was one of my concerns. Having the wax melt and run when cleaning a plate with hot water.
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Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Jan 10, 2016 1:41 PM
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20REEDS
31 posts
Jan 10, 2016
5:44 PM
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A lot of people have used wax to fix some tortional vibration issues that cause a very high pitch squeal when overbending. When I started working on harps- Tinus' site was really my only reference. I went overboard. I waxed- or worse added a light coat of nail polish at the base every single reed. Both ideas are bad. Nail polish because, well it's toxic and hard to remove. Wax is good, but the one time you forget your harps in a car on a hot summer day, the wax will melt, seal the reeds and render the harp unplayable. Now I use wax VERY SPARINGLY when I can't get rid of a tortional vibration through embossing and arching.
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Killa_Hertz
179 posts
Jan 11, 2016
4:51 PM
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What about as used for a form of embossing? I suppose your point about the hot car already proved its not the best idea.
I know what you mean about the base waxing. i tried it to fix the squeels on my lee oskar. Not the best of results.
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HarpNinja
4175 posts
Jan 11, 2016
7:29 PM
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Where'd he say that on the site?
You only need a tiny bit IF you are having issues. Often it isn't worth it.
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Killa_Hertz
184 posts
Jan 11, 2016
8:05 PM
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Its hard to find. I believe it was lesson 8 Overblows. And at the bottom he had some set up videos.
Edit overbend study 8. Overbend study 1 tech videos.
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Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Jan 11, 2016 8:09 PM
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ME.HarpDoc
83 posts
Jan 12, 2016
5:05 AM
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Man, I've been away too long. I'm sitting here in the Caribbean with a lot of women in bikinis. The posting title caught my attention in a different way than was intended :-)
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Killa_Hertz
192 posts
Jan 12, 2016
5:33 AM
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I typed it that way in purpose. Lol.
Lucky dog. In the Caribbean harpin it up.
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HarpNinja
4176 posts
Jan 12, 2016
10:02 AM
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Unless you are doing a lot of overbending, I wouldn't worry too much about doing this.
A lot of people use dental wax, nail polis, bee's wax, or paraffin oil and wax. I use wax when needed, but it isn't a magic bullet.
Spend more time on the shaping and tuning of reeds than stuff like this.
When I build customs, I emboss the full slot and only use wax for torsional vibration if it is set up for overbending.
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