Re: Smelly Harp

["david j. brown" <nonidesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The coffee grounds trick works well for musty old fabric as well. I used it
on the inside of an old trumpet case and viola! It's a godsend for old army
surplus gear like cloth backpacks, etc.

If you don't want to get the grounds in the harp:
put the grounds in a paper coffee filter,
use a twist tie to keep it closed,
then put the filter and the harp in a ziploc bag for a day or so.

Martha Stewart, eecherhartowt.

> From: "Patrick, Whit" <WcPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "Patrick, Whit" <WcPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:39:10 -0700
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Smelly Harp
> 
> 
> I have found that if you disassemble the instrument and bury it in dry, cheap
> ground coffee for a few days, the tobacco and food smells will go away...
> absorbed by the coffee. If you have a wood comb, you are left with a very
> pleasant smelling harmonica. The smell will last for a few days. Plastic
> combed instruments will lose the coffee aroma in an hour or two.
> 
> Make sure you clean all the dry grounds out of the harmonica before you play.
> They will swell from the moisture in your breath and create some real, albeit
> temporary playability issues.
> 
> If you take milk and sugar in your coffee, do it separately!
> 
> For our English friends... yes, loose tea works as well.
> 
> Italian? Oregano!
> 
> Whit
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