Rattling Sound on New Golden Melody

[Luke]

Hey @Cameronjake welcome to the forum my friend! Glad you’ve joined us.

I’m re-posting @Slim’s reply from your other post here, so other people who find this post can see it:

@Slim

How much experience do you have playing a lower tuned harp? My guess is that you are using too much force. As explained in another post on this forum (read my posts in this thread ) the low end reeds on lower tuned harps can easily hit the cover plates when too much air flow is used – a typical beginner problem as well as a problem for those who primarily played higher tuned harps and now begin playing a lower tuned harp, e.g. a G or low F, etc.

Since lower tuned harps tend to get “lost in the mix” when playing with a band, your only solution is to use an amplifier and to play that G harp with less force.

I don’t think Horner’s quality control on the new Golden Melody’s is quite up to snuff. The cover plates often aren’t airtight.

I’ve bought a couple Thunderbirds with hole 1 issues, one the rivet was loose, and one the reed was actually broken and made no sound at all!

@Slim’s advice is spot on (as usual.) But you should be able to play it moderately loudly without a rattle. If you have to play it SUPER quietly in order not to rattle then there’s an issue. LMK.