Re: [Harp-L] Slide lubricants - food grade grease (NSF 51/61)

[Ben Bouman <benbouman16@xxxxxxxxx>]

In the the last few years I sold many Seydel Saxony Orchester chromatic harps. I offer unlimited service and warranty on all Seydel harps and I can only say that I hardly ever have to work on the Saxony .
The mouthpiece and slide are very well constructed and out of the box they perform fine. But I still take them apart, polish all slide/mouthpiece parts with fien grid sanding paper ( 2000 ) and that makes it a amazingly good harmonica. No clicking sounds, no noise, very smooth action and as mentioned before, hardly ever a problem.
Some players in harmonica orchestras that bought this chromatic use it for 3 to 4 years , never cleaned it and it sill works fine. Of course this doesn't go for all players. Some of them have small problems because of excessive saliva but cleaning and polishing the mouthpiece/slide parts once or twice a year keeps them going.

I do not offer ( yet) the Saxony in my webshop but sending me an email is the way to order this beautiful chromatic harp.
My new website:
www.benboumanharmonicas.com <http://www.benboumanharmonicas.com/>


kindest regards, met vriendelijke groeten, 

Ben Bouman
www.benboumanharmonicas.com <http://www.benboumanharmonicas.com/>
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> Op 13 nov. 2014, om 20:26 heeft David McCurry <david.mccurry@xxxxxxxxx> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> After living and breathing with chromatic harmonicas for 35 years, I can
> say that any lubricant will do just as said above, attract and collect dirt
> and actually SLOW down the slide action. The best remedy for "sticky"
> slides is to make sure they are 1) absolutely clean, 2) absolutely
> straight, and 3) absolutely set-up correctly with regard to pressure from
> the mouthpiece retaining screws. Moisture from your breath provides all the
> lubrication needed if all 3 are above are attended to.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> So, we know that lubricants are generally a bad idea for the reasons
>> Winslow mentions (as I've been hearing for years from various pros who
>> recommend the "1 drop of water" solution) and that Hohner (and probably
>> other manufacturers) use lubricants at the factory anyway -- I'm assuming
>> because without it, the slide will freeze up much faster than it would
>> otherwise.
>> 
>> There are 3 slide chromatics that I'm aware of that don't tend to have
>> sticky-slide problems:
>> 
>> 1) CX-12
>> 
>> 2) CBH 12 or 16 (no longer manufactured)
>> 
>> 3) Bends Tonica (which has a teflon-coated slide, no longer manufactured)
>> 
>> Well, at least we have choices ;-).
>> 
>> - Slim.
>> 
>> www.SlideManSlim.com
>> 
>> On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:
>> 
>>> Almost anything you can put on  slide that won't evaporate has the
>> potential to:
>>> 
>>> 1) Attract dust and other undesired particles;
>>> 
>>> 2) creep into the harmonica and stick to the valves, potentially
>> sticking valve layers together and sticking the valve to the reedplate.
>>> 
>>> Additional downsides can include rancidity, toxicity, etc.
>>> 
>>> Some folks report good results with various lubricants, but I'd err on
>> the side of caution.
>>> 
>>> Winslow
>>> zzzzzz
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> David S McCurry, EdD
> 
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