Hi Scott, thanks for the tip! but I told earlier that I have tuned squeezeboxes for almost half a century so of course I have several tuners before and they surely are adequate. The question remains now if my method is adequate or the tunings actually are inadequate. To reduce the bias from my method I have used my test bench and not my mouth. THIS may be dubious of course but we can be pretty sure the producers have done the same so doing a better intonation myself by better embouchure should not be the solution. What to do? I guess most (?) technicians doing service on harmonicas use some ātestbenchā also. Problem then beingā¦ is mine good enough for the purpose or am I good enough for the job ( not being experienced on service of harmonicas)
I have returned both harps now to the deliverers and I will with great expectations buy a few othersā¦interesting?
I suggest you buy a cheap harp to learn the maintenance aspect. Mistakes are learning experiences and when it involves a cheap harp it saves you time and you will learn. I bought an Oskar and putting the two nuts on the face plate is surgery. It will teach you to make sure the numbers are up. best way I have found out is putting something sticky on the end of a finger to hold the nut in place until the screw threads. I donāt play the Oskar much but it sure helped me make the basic adjustments and how important it is to make sure the left side is the low end and the numbers up.
Hi again Scott ! A good idea for learning but the truth is I am not so keen spending that time and interest on tuning harmonicasā¦I am old and already fed up tuning squeezeboxes. I just want new harmonicas being in tune with reasonable expectations. I sent both back and money returned with no report about possible exploration. So far allrightā¦
no expensesā¦but regrettably not become any wiser either as not knowing anything more about their factual status. I have ordered a couple of slightly cheaper models, both declared being in ETā¦Iāll be backā¦seeing You !