Tweaking Wheatstone Reeds For Better Response?.

[richard]

Hello

 

I just received a wonderful early 1930's Wheatstone Linota. I really love it so far and it is a great pleasure and a real step up for me. The action and reed response are very good. But a few of the reeds are a bit slower than ones adjacent to them. I would appreciate those with more experience putting in their 2 cents whether there still might be room for improvement in these reeds that relative to others don't seem as quick.

 

 

Maybe I shouldn't expect "perfection" especially when this instrument has such great qualities. Someone once told me "just get a good concertina and learn how to play it". I think that is good advice. I can and will adjust to playing this instrument and learn how to work with it, conciously and unconciously.

 

But.... I still would like to know, could I expect the response to be able to be improved "a bit more" for these few particular reeds?

 

Thanks,

 

Richard

[JimLucas]

...could I expect the response to be able to be improved "a bit more" for these few particular reeds?

A "Construction & Repair" question, but never mind about that.

 

In general, I would answer yes.

 

I am assuming that all reeds are original. If some are later replacements, the answer might be different, but one shouldn't expect replacements in such an instrument.

 

I would stronglyrecommend against trying it yourself. The potential for making things worse rather than better is huge.