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Tools
| Rupert Oysler's Harmonica Repair DVD Course |
In addition to being a good friend, this guy
taught me nearly everything I know about
repairing, customizing and selling
harmonicas. This video is amazing. Watch this
video and you'll be rummaging through junk
drawers looking for old harmonicas to fix. It's
a powerful video.
Without Rupert's teaching and advice, Elk
River Harmonicas would not exist. Who
knows where this information could lead you.
AND... if you are one of those guys who think
harmonica companies purposefully make
harmonicas that will fail over time, this is your
chance to stick it to the man!
DVD VOl. I and VOl. II.... $59.95
For ordering information, click here.
taught me nearly everything I know about
repairing, customizing and selling
harmonicas. This video is amazing. Watch this
video and you'll be rummaging through junk
drawers looking for old harmonicas to fix. It's
a powerful video.
Without Rupert's teaching and advice, Elk
River Harmonicas would not exist. Who
knows where this information could lead you.
AND... if you are one of those guys who think
harmonica companies purposefully make
harmonicas that will fail over time, this is your
chance to stick it to the man!
DVD VOl. I and VOl. II.... $59.95
For ordering information, click here.
Tools:
1) Pincers. You use these to remove reedplate nails, but
has a variety of other uses.
2) 2mm drill bit. You use this to remove burrs when you
ream out the rivet hole to replace reeds, using a screw
and nut instead of a rivet.
3 and 4) reed screws and nuts of German silver. You use
these to attach reeds when you replace them.
5) Reed deriveting tool. I couldn't tell you how many
reedplates I've destroyed trying to pop out reed rivets
with the wrong tools. This is the most expensive item in
the tool kit. Heavy German pliers that have been
machined by hand to pop out rivets. You just line it up
with rivet, squeeze and out it goes.
6) This is your star nut wrench. Those reed nuts are too
small to put on by hand, so this wrench holds them and
lets you put them on the screw.
7) Tapper.
8a and 8b) These are your screwdrivers. Like everything
else in this kit, it's German made and awesome. One is
for coverplate screws, the other for reedplate screws.
9) Set of feeler gauges. Use these for plinking, gapping,
etc.
10) Universal holder. A handle for any tool you can stick
in there, the drill bit the reamers (No. 11 ) I've even put
the tuning file in there once or twice.
11) Reamers. These are for enlarging the rivet holes on
reeds to accept the screws. I've found them handy for
other stuff, too.
12) Tuning file. I also sell a rotary harmonica tuner, but I
use this file for most tuning jobs.
13) The case. This is the same case Seydel sells for
holding 14 harmonicas. If you've got something else to
put the tools in ---- bonus for you.
$139.95
1) Pincers. You use these to remove reedplate nails, but
has a variety of other uses.
2) 2mm drill bit. You use this to remove burrs when you
ream out the rivet hole to replace reeds, using a screw
and nut instead of a rivet.
3 and 4) reed screws and nuts of German silver. You use
these to attach reeds when you replace them.
5) Reed deriveting tool. I couldn't tell you how many
reedplates I've destroyed trying to pop out reed rivets
with the wrong tools. This is the most expensive item in
the tool kit. Heavy German pliers that have been
machined by hand to pop out rivets. You just line it up
with rivet, squeeze and out it goes.
6) This is your star nut wrench. Those reed nuts are too
small to put on by hand, so this wrench holds them and
lets you put them on the screw.
7) Tapper.
8a and 8b) These are your screwdrivers. Like everything
else in this kit, it's German made and awesome. One is
for coverplate screws, the other for reedplate screws.
9) Set of feeler gauges. Use these for plinking, gapping,
etc.
10) Universal holder. A handle for any tool you can stick
in there, the drill bit the reamers (No. 11 ) I've even put
the tuning file in there once or twice.
11) Reamers. These are for enlarging the rivet holes on
reeds to accept the screws. I've found them handy for
other stuff, too.
12) Tuning file. I also sell a rotary harmonica tuner, but I
use this file for most tuning jobs.
13) The case. This is the same case Seydel sells for
holding 14 harmonicas. If you've got something else to
put the tools in ---- bonus for you.
$139.95
Includes feeler gauge, tuning file, rotary tool and
tuner.
The rotary tool is AWESOME. You won't find a word
printed on it to tell you who made it, that's
because it's made by hand. How do I know? Look
inside. It's hand soldered. I believe this rotary tool
is worth the price of the kit.
The tuner is the only thing I sell that is made in
China. It's a decent tuner, though. It measures in
increments of 10 cents Hertz, so it's good for
retuning a reed, etc., but a Peterson Strobe tuner
it's not. It does however, allow you to change the
reference note from A=440 hertz up to 446 Hertz,
and down to 435 Hertz, although I've never heard
of anyone doing a reference below 440. Seydel
harps use 444 as a reference. I also use it to tune
my mandolin and autoharp.
IFor best results, use the tuner to get close and
use your ear for the fine tuning (for instance, tune
the 1 blow to reference pitch, then fine to the 4
blow to the 1 blow). If you get a tuning kit, you
should also get a tuning file (left). I use the file for
the reed work on most of my tuning jobs. I use the
rotary mostly for light tuning.
$55.95
For ordering information, click here.
tuner.
The rotary tool is AWESOME. You won't find a word
printed on it to tell you who made it, that's
because it's made by hand. How do I know? Look
inside. It's hand soldered. I believe this rotary tool
is worth the price of the kit.
The tuner is the only thing I sell that is made in
China. It's a decent tuner, though. It measures in
increments of 10 cents Hertz, so it's good for
retuning a reed, etc., but a Peterson Strobe tuner
it's not. It does however, allow you to change the
reference note from A=440 hertz up to 446 Hertz,
and down to 435 Hertz, although I've never heard
of anyone doing a reference below 440. Seydel
harps use 444 as a reference. I also use it to tune
my mandolin and autoharp.
IFor best results, use the tuner to get close and
use your ear for the fine tuning (for instance, tune
the 1 blow to reference pitch, then fine to the 4
blow to the 1 blow). If you get a tuning kit, you
should also get a tuning file (left). I use the file for
the reed work on most of my tuning jobs. I use the
rotary mostly for light tuning.
$55.95
For ordering information, click here.
Tuning Tools
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