For years I have been using cheap Chinese Three square files to tune reeds with solder on them. They get the job done but they get clogged up quickly. After a couple reed plates, you can’t wire brush the solder out of the grooves. So you either keep aiming for
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The videos above show you how the burnishing tip of the Harmonica Slot Customizing Tool makes it easy to close slot gaps on your harmonica reed plates. I call the process burnishing when you work on one side of the slot only. The burnishing tip is machined from 1/8th inch thick stainless steel
If you are looking for the ultimate answer to the question “How do I keep my cables from turning into a hopeless pile of spaghetti?”, here ya go… I like velcro…. I just don’t like paying someone to make me cable wraps that may or may not be the right
These photos show a new burnishing / embossing tool that I have developed and will be making available soon. The idea is to have a tool that you can hold like a pen that allows you to close the slot the whole way. The other end closes both sides
This video is a sample of some music played on the new MB30 harmonica designed by Brendan Power and Zombor Kovacs. The MB30-S is a version of the MB30 customized by Richard Sleigh.
What you see here are photos of a light box built from the ideas in my sketches (below) that I posted at this website earlier. A man named Rich Eisenberg saw the drawings and started working on a version of this box. Richard runs the Bayfront Maritime Center in Erie
What you see here is a harmonica work station built by Denis Green. He sent me these photos shortly after I started the light box contest (see last post) Denis has this set up for the Lee Oskar tool kit, and intends to invest in the R Sleigh tools
Here are some sketches of the ultimate (?) light box for embossing reeds. The idea here is to take a piece of plastic pipe, cut it into a half-round and then put on a flat top with a slot cut into it. You could then change the angle of the
This is a harmonica reed sorting box that I had custom made for me. Three drawers, each drawer has 12 rows of 10 compartments. It makes it very easy to sort and find reeds. It is made of handcrafted solid oak. I have decided to let it go. I now
…For the harp tech who wants some peace and quiet along with a dry basement. When I moved my harmonica shop into the basement of our new home in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, I had to start using a de-humidifier. Or so I thought. For two years I suffered through the noise
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