How to replace spot welded harmonica reeds

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9 ай бұрын

How to replace spot welded reeds on harmonicas, How to replace Suzuki Harmonica spot welded reeds, How to replace Easttop Harmonica spot welded reeds, How to replace spot welded reeds on Asian harmonicas, HARPSMITH BENCHCRAFT, Kinya Pollard, HARPSMITH.com, kinya@harpsmith.com

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@HARPSMITH900 9 ай бұрын

Hello Harp Techs, locating a reliable source for replacement Suzuki, Easttop, KongSheng and DaBell harmonica reeds is challenging. This is why I recommend you save all those harmonicas you had tossed into your BAD HARMONICA "shoebox" and re-label them "DONOR HARMONICAS". Almost without exception, 19 of the 20 reeds, are in perfect working order. You will be surprised how quickly you will build your inventory of replacement reeds😉

@ZvikaDror 5 ай бұрын

Great detailed video, bravo! It is amazing that you are putting out new videos for the benefit of teaching customization subjects where some folks don't have a local harpsmith, bless you! I was absolutely sure this is a Manji reedplate from the video thumb, they sure look-a-like...

@HARPSMITH900 5 ай бұрын

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@HARPSMITH900 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mike, good to hear from you. Let me check this out and I’ll get back to you shortly

@HARPSMITH900 6 ай бұрын

Mike, I have yet to hear back from my Jiangsu East Musical Instrument Co/Easttop Co. contact... In the meantime, I reached out to our friend Ross Garren--a studio harmonica player who routinely plays Bass and Chromatic Harmonicas on TV and movie soundtracks--he too was stupefied as to the unusual note layout of your instrument. I'll keep diggin'

@Mikesukes 6 ай бұрын

Good video!

@HARPSMITH900 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mike, I'm glad you found the video useful. More HARPSMITH Benchcraft content on the way!

@Mikesukes 6 ай бұрын

Do you know anything about the Easttop Melody bass MN40 aka Easttop Mediant Harmonica, trying to get some example of somebody playing one or how it is played. The notes that are printed on the cover plates don't make sense to me as a scale. I have 3 lucky 13's , compact chord 48, and a double bass from Easttop also a set of Lee Oscars in all 12 keys and a couple odds and ends chromatics including a swan 10 hole and a Kongsheng kb-12. Got a couple Hohner tremelos too.

@etaborya 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Where do you get suzuki spare reeds?

@HARPSMITH900 4 ай бұрын

Hello etaborya, obtaining new factory Suzuki reeds is challenging. Start amassing your own inventory of Suzuki reeds by stock piling "donor" Suzuki harmonicas. Most of the times, it would be a single faulty reed that has the harmonica player throw the harmonica away. This means you have 19 perfect reeds!

@norfolknwhey4787 5 ай бұрын

How can I buy the tuning table you use in your tuning video? That would save SO much time tuning octaves and chord pairings.

@HARPSMITH900 5 ай бұрын

You are correct. My Tuning Table is a permanent fixture on the HARPSMITH workbench! I also demonstrate this tool in my latest video, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oM-DoNOLu5ypo40.htmlsi=-8kVYCDHQlmRpUI9. My understanding was that John Ingham shut down operations, but check out