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Hohner 'T' Reed plate needed. - *plus a post mortem!*
Pete Dunk:
*Originally posted in Buy and Sell*
I'm looking for a Hohner 'T' reed plate from a C/F box button five, G4 on the 'T' (push) side and A4 on the pull. The box is in great original condition so I'll need a plate that is very clean with reeds that have no sign of rust at all. The box may be a pre-Erica, a pretty thing but other than the Hohner name it bears no other mark. Message me if you have anything to offer.Pete.
Conjunto Dave:
If nobody has one, you can always purchase a new one directly from Hohner in Germany.
Here's the link to purchase T-reed plates:
http://www.hohner-cshop.de/en/Accordion/Parts-Accordion/Reed-Plates/T-Reed-Plates/
Pete Dunk:
Thanks for the link, I'll bear that in mind but I may have found a used one. (:)
Pete Dunk:
Thanks to a kind doner I now have a G/A 'H' reed on a zinc plate that I popped in an hour or so ago. That was when I realised that I wasn't paying attention when I opened the newly acquired box up to look at a reed that wasn't speaking, expecting to find a reed fouled with a bit of fluff or something, only to find a broken reed tongue. I just thought that this was an old box and reeds break from time to time, that's the way it goes.
After taking the block out, replacing the reed plate and tweaking the tuning a bit I was pleased to have the box playing properly. When packing my gear up I looked at the broken tongue to see if I thought it was worth asking a fettler to quote for replacing the reed. That was when I spotted the gouge in the aluminium reed frame next to the point where the tongue had broken.
I flipped the plate over and sure enough the inside reed had a ruddy great lump out of it that was obviously made by a rotary tool wielded with little skill.
I've read all the pros and cons about using power tools for tuning but this is an example of the very worst of crude tools used by clumsy, unskilled hands!
Theo:
I’m sure that hose marks were made in the Hohner factory. You may see similar marks on other reeds.
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