Jay Lamsa Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Quick question - my low G on my Lachenal has decided to work in only one direction. I took the side screwss out and just fiddled with the reed, but it did not imptove the situation. This is generally a simple problem, I think - what do I need to do? Thanks Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Stout Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 A couple of the reeds on my concertinas stopped working recently (I think they tried to inhale a cat hair, though it may just have been dust). I opened up the instrument, Identified the relevant reed, slid it out of its mortice, cleaned it up a bit, vacuumed off the dust with a very small hand held vacuum, slipped a clean thin piece of paper under the reed toung to clean it, put the instrument back together again. If that didn't work the first time, I repeated the cleaning. All reeds recovered their voices. For one of the reeds I found that a new $1 bill worked well. Interestingly I lost my own voice within minutes of one of the reeds choking. I got my voice back after a drink of water-- I didn't try that with the reeds (they're steel and might rust!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Lamsa Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 A couple of the reeds on my concertinas stopped working recently (I think they tried to inhale a cat hair, though it may just have been dust). I opened up the instrument, Identified the relevant reed, slid it out of its mortice, cleaned it up a bit, vacuumed off the dust with a very small hand held vacuum, slipped a clean thin piece of paper under the reed toung to clean it, put the instrument back together again. If that didn't work the first time, I repeated the cleaning. All reeds recovered their voices. For one of the reeds I found that a new $1 bill worked well. Interestingly I lost my own voice within minutes of one of the reeds choking. I got my voice back after a drink of water-- I didn't try that with the reeds (they're steel and might rust!) Excellent - I'll try to do this tonight (minus the choking ... ) - thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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