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  • February 20, 2011 at 9:10 pm #72337
    clh-h
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    One of my sharpening levers has come loose so that it sometimes falls down when I play that string sharp. I thought if I just tightened the screw between the lever and the mount that it would fix it, but I couldn’t get a screwdriver at that angle. So I unscrewed the entire thing off of the wooden frame only to realize that the screw connecting the lever to the mount was fixed in place and I couldn’t tighten it that way. I’ve it back on now but it’s still too loose. Does anyone have any ideas what I could do to make work properly?

    February 20, 2011 at 11:15 pm #72338
    catherine-rogers
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    What brand of harp is it and what type of lever (Robinson, Truitt, Camac, Performance, etc.)?

    February 21, 2011 at 3:38 pm #72339
    Tacye
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    I think you have a Pakistani harp? Does it have this type of lever? http://www.earlymusicshop.com/product.aspx/en-GB/1001100-ems-semi-tone-lever-golden-large
    I would probably take it off the harp, hit it with a hammer (probably using a centre punch on some kind of anvil) and when that didn’t work just buy a new one.

    February 25, 2011 at 3:14 am #72340
    clh-h
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    I wound a piece of thread around the screw behind the lever and it’s working alright now. Hopefully it’ll last. Thanks to everyone who replied.

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