tookatooka
275 posts
Jul 04, 2009
1:06 PM
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I had a Lee Oskar harp in the key of G which I was quite dissapointed with. After playing my Suzukis I found it to be breathy, in need of a lot of air, and the extra deep lower plate meant it was quite a mouthfull.
However, due to my newfound confidence from customising my Delta Frost, I thought I had nothing to lose if I had a go at trying to improve it's performance.
I redrilled the coverplates and reedplates to take a sensible sized nut and bolt to secure the coverplates, and opened the back up. This didn't make for much of an increase in the aperture size, but to my mind looks a little better. Those stupid little nuts and bolts which held the plates on originally were pathetic, but I suppose they were used to keep costs down
I then embossed the plates and re-gapped the reeds and achieved a far superior air to sound ratio than I had before.
All in all, I now have a G harp which was collecting dust which I am really pleased to play again. Good job. Wah wah wah!
When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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