R. Sleigh Draw Scraper for Brass Reed Tuning

    I've tried every way to drop the pitch of harmonica reeds - abrasive wheels and nibs, sanding wands, scratching the reed diagonally with a file, razor blades, and God knows what else, and nothing beats this draw scraper for brass reeds in most situations. I've also been using this tool lately to tune reeds up as well as down. In other words, you can use this scraper at the tip of a reed as well as at the base of a reed, and do all of your fine tuning with this one tool instead of going back and forth with files. This Version of the draw scraper is made from 3/32" square steel stock and  is about 5 1/2".  The square stock has smooth radiused edges and feels comfortable to hold and use. it does not need batteries or a place to plug in a power chord it removes mill marks on brass reeds and this makes them resist stress fractures it responds to a very light touch for fine tuning, but will also remove metal fast with a heavier stroke to make quick and big pitch drops you can drop the i