Re: Smelly harmonica

["Stephen Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

A smoker friend of mine once gave me his harps to look over and tune for 
him.  As a non-smoker myself I found them utterly disgusting to work on.  I 
think all you can do is to dismantle the harmonica to the best of your 
ability and clean off any built-up deposits from all reachable parts.  Then 
leave the instrument in the fresh air for as long as possible (as long as 
you can guarantee no rain).  If you have a windy climate like here in 
Cornwall, all the better.  Try to avoid hot sun (overnight is a good idea).  
My harps always reek of tobacco smoke when I get back from the pub session, 
and I find that this helps a lot, even with wooden-combed harps.  I suspect 
your problem may be more deeply-ingrained, in which case it may take a good 
few protracted "fresh air" sessions to get much of an improvement.  I 
sympathise.  Good luck!

Steve Shaw.

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>From: Ellis Brayham <ellisbrayham@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Ellis Brayham <ellisbrayham@xxxxxxx>
>To: harp digest <harp-l-digest@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Smelly harmonica
>Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 16:38:18 -0700
>
>
>I have acquired a chromatic 280 but it smells heavily of tobacco smoke. Any 
>suggestions for purifying it?  Ellis
>
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