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Air looking through harmonica

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Oda
Guest
Dec 14, 2008
9:16 PM

Is this a matter of playing? I can hear air leaking from the harmonica as I play in both pucker, and tongue blocking (with the harp in my mouth fairly deep)

Is it me? or the Harmonica? and if it's the harmonica, what can I do to fix it? thanks.

PS. the key is in A and it's a hohner special 20. I don't get this at all with my C

TylerLannan
29 posts
Dec 15, 2008
8:44 AM

oda- I would be inclined to tell you it's the harp. remember (especially w/ hohners) all harps are NOT created equally lol. My recommendation would be to completely take the harp apart. Look for spots that don't meet up completely flush along the way. Also look at the reeds. If some are gapped to high you will get a lot of air leakage. Crrect those things that are in error and reassemble. When you do make sure the screws are nice and snug (not too tight though). Hopefully that will help. If the problem persists after that you can emboss the reed slots.
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