Brendan Power & Alternative Harmonicas Forum

BLU TACK vs SOLDER Gosh, you've certainly gone to town on the Blu Tack Dom! It works... but it's unnecessary to use it ...

So Dominick... A combination of Blu Tack on the reeds with magnetically-attached covers should give you a pretty effective way of changing ...

... encroach over the existing G blow slot. An easy way to do this is using Blu Tack, as I did back on my old 11-hole Stretch-Harps (as shown/described in the previous post). ...

... that it's still popular today, 45 years later! Once stuck on a reed, Blu Tack stays there indefinitely until you want to remove it; in which case, just scrape it off. ...

... the harmonica size extension, I found that the picture-hanging putty Blu Tack was very helpful! Here's a bit of info and a photo of how I used it in those early days: ...

... you would only need to retune three reeds. You could even do it with blu-tack to try it out. You only need to bend to get the Bb, your other notes are there. If you ...

An interesting instrument!

You could test the harmonica application by getting a tube and sealing it to a single harmonica hole with some Blu-Tack or similar. Try differenbt holes on blow and draw to guage the variable effects. I think you'll find the same as I did.

... metal from microscopic filing residues, but that's about it. Inhaling blu-tack comes to mind right now. Anyway, I welcome this discussion for more observations and thoughts. ...

... metal from microscopic filing residues, but that's about it. Inhaling blu-tack comes to mind right now. Anyway, I welcome this discussion for more observations and thoughts.

I meant put it near the reed when it's not in use. Eg. For the 5 raised draw in Country Tuning - you can lower the tuning lo standard Richter by sticking on the correct size dab of Blu Tack you have sitting ready nearby, back on the reed.