I just received an EastTop T008L. The cover has a space between it and the comb/reed plates and - maybe - the comb/reed plate(s) are not flat. Photos are attached.
Is it feasible for me to repair this harmonica?
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Contact East Top Send the pic they will give you a refund or send a new harp they are pretty good customer service wise
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I felt sorry for the company and accepted a $6 refund, making the total cost with tax less than $11. I’m a beginner. I can easily hit all the notes on it, so I figure it’ll be good enough to practice on, especially if I can tinker with it to repair it to some extent. Also, I enjoy tinkering and it would give me practice for future harps.
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I’ve never been one to complain, except possibly to not do business with the company again, but seriously?? I’d call the $6.00 refund a slap in the face. they did no-one a favor there IMHO. 
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Me too it would have to be a full refund or a new harp
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I contacted them again and sent the photos. Thank you for your input!
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I had both a reed plate and face plate that were not correct. The face plates require a flat table. I put both down and looked through with a light to see where there was a problem. The angles that the hold down screws were not @ 90 bends. So I adjusted them. It appears your face plates ae off. The top right picture shows one that is over the plate. I would try to bend it back in place before going through the hassle of sending it back. There is a harp tach the Rockin Ron recommended to me. he does things right and is more than fair. First name is Dennis and I highly recommend him. You might send him the harp and let him go through it. When you get it back it will be straight, gapped and tuned correctly.
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Thank you!
The company gave me a full refund. I can try what you said. I do like to tinker!
Plus, I ordered a Kongsheng Mars and another T008, this time the K version in black.
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AliOwl
How about getting a good harmonica now so you will not have to upgrade in a few months?
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That does depend on how hard you blow and draw through it When I started out there were no sites like this I got through a lot of terrible Hohner’s and and not a few Lee Oskars because I hadn’t got a clue what I was doing. Those are pretty expensive harps to be blowing out. I wish I’d have had East Tops back then. I wouldn’t have minded so much
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Attention à cette version en noir.
Parfois l’écriture des petits chiffres se sent sous les lèvres.
De plus pour l’avoir essayé, je trouve que la couleur noir ne glisse pas bien.
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Bienvenue sur le forum.
If mr google got that right it’s:
Pay attention to this black version.
Sometimes the writing of small numbers can be felt under the lips.
Moreover, having tried it, I find that the black color does not slide well.
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Never had a problem with them myself
@AliOwl welcome to the forum! I think you’ll be MUCH more happy with the 008k!!! Glad you were able to get a refund. It won’t bankrupt them, I promise. 
Rock on! 
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