[Harp-L] Thank You, Winslow!
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- Subject: [Harp-L] Thank You, Winslow!
- From: "Rick Davis" <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:27:24 -0700
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I've never been a player who worked on his harps. The only time I opened
them up was when I thought some gunk was causing a reed to hang. If I
didn't see anything in the harp I tossed it, thinking it was ruined.
A few days ago my all-time favorite A harp (an MB Deluxe) started ringing a
nasty tone when I bent the 3-hole draw a full tone. I thought I was in for
another $50. But I opened Winslow Yerxa's book "Harmonica for Dummies" to
page 267 and started reading. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I
gapped the reeds and cleaned everything, and carefully aligned everything
when I reassembled the harp. Voila! The problem was eliminated and the
harp plays better than it ever did before.
I got so enthused I immediately did the same to all my gigging harps. I was
planning to buy several new harps for a recording project this weekend, but
now I'm good to go with what I have. Thanks, Winslow. You saved me a
couple hundred bucks and made me a happy harmonica guy.
-Rick Davis
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