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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:16:53 -0500
From: "Tim Moyer - Working Man's Harps"
Subject: Re: Rivet Knockout Tools

Don D. rightly points out that newer Suzuki reedplates (including those on
my Overdrive) are spot welded rather than riveted, and probably wouldn't be
worth the effort for reed replacement. Suzuki does sell replacement
reedplates for the Promaster, so at least you don't have to trash the harp
should a reed go south.

I was just about to go out and buy a Farrells or Romel reed replacement tool
when I read Pat Missin's extremely helpful article regarding reed
replacement contained in his wonderful "Altered States". In it he describes
using a 1 mm punch and a hefty comb instead of a specialty tool. I think
advice from someone doing more reed replacements in a day than I do in a
lifetime is well worth checking out, so on my way home one evening I stopped
at Home Depot and bought myself the smallest pin punch I could find (about
$4, I bought two so I could mess on up), took them home to the grinder and
made one that is just the right size. I use an old MS Meisterklasse comb
for support and a tack hammer to tap, and voila: reed replacement tool! I
have a miniature machinist's anvil I bought from Micro Mark a while back
that I use when installing a new reed to seat them. I've now replaced a LOT
of reeds very successfully, with nearly no failures, and I kept about $40 in
my pocket (Okay, $30 if you count the $10 I spent on the anvil).

Works for me, thanks Pat!

- -tim
wmhar~exas.net
http://tymoyer.home.texas.net/WorkingMansHarps/

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