Hi guys, I am looking into repair toolkit but it’s quite expensive for small amout of tools they provide… is there a possibility to create them from commonly acessible toolkits or which accessible tools Can be used instead? Do you recommend something?
Harmo, do a good one, currently unavailable on Amazon but I’m sure you can purchase it else where it has everything you need for gapping etc and it has two wrenches one for Hohner and on for seydel and I believe it’s compatible with their own harps it’s also fold up, so great for storage other bits like emery paper glass paper or whatever you can get separately a tiny screw driver and you done. Wish I’d seen one years ago before I accumulated stuff I hardly ever use
EastTop has a kit available on eBay for ~$34.oo . I just made my own reed adjusting tool from a piece of plexiglas and the screwdrivers are easily available elsewhere.
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East top kit being honest isn’t that great for the money and an extra £20 or bucks will get you the harmo one which I’d wish I’d bought
Hi Russ,
Any chance of you sharing, how you made that reed adjustment tool. Thanks, Uncle Pete
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You can actually use a tiny modelling chisel it’s metal works brilliantly. I’ve also got some feeler gauges for my gapping. Some small standard Stanley screw drivers one with a Phillip head one thin head. And a thin brass strip as a plinking tool. For tuning I have a jewellers grinding tool I got off Amazon Brendan Power recommended it’s very cheap and does a great job. And a sanding block to make sure my reed plates are flat. And two small pairs of pliers to make sure the plates aren’t bent. That’s pretty much all I use now but I could do with all sorts of different sized reed wrenches. The one I have isn’t a lot of good
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@Uncle_Pete Just cut from a scrap piece of 3/16" plexiglass I had laying around. most glass shops have that in 4x8’ sheets and would likely give you a suitable scrap. the one I made is 3/16" thick by 3/8" wide and 5 1/2" long. I used my floor mounted belt sander to bevel and shape the ends.
BTW. if you’re working on a Honer Special20 the reed plate screws aren’t actually phillips, although that may work, they are actually what’s know as a “PZ1”. I picked one up at my local Harbor Freight store.
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