It never fails

Well, I had the slide return spring on one of my chromatics break, so I decided to fix it. I took the harp apart; piece of cake, removed the broken spring, got a safety pin to make a spring out of. I immediately poked my self with the pin which cause me to jerk knocking the disassembled harp pieces all over the kitchen floor. After getting all the parts back on the table I clipped the safety pin to what I thought was the proper length; it wasn't. I got another safety pin. I will add here that I am sneaking these out of the old Indian woman's sewing box, a dangerous chance I'm taking. When we got married I had to break the point off every knife in the house. These old Indian women can get mean, real mean. Anyway, I finally got the safety pin cut properly and installed as a slide return spring. Carefully I got the harp put back together and gave it a try. It didn't sound right at all. I had put the reed plates on backwards, so I had to take the harp apart and put it all back together again. Now it works fine, but it sure took a long time to get it done. I hope that safety pin lasts a long time.