Re: "Can I try one of your harps?"

[dcsmith@xxxxxxx (David C. Smith)]

> I keep my harps in a case that I close and put away between sets. If 
>people ask to play one anyway, I say, "Sorry, but it's really easy to 
>knock them out of tune and I don't have any spares with me tonight." 
>Actually, I bring a whole set of spares to every gig, but the drunkoids 
>doin't have to know that.
>

        I keep my case of harps real close as well, but I always use the
same excuse:  "Sorry, it's a personal thing, I don't like to share lung
juice with anyone."  So far it has worked.