RE: marking/carrying your harps

["Michelle LeFree" <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ChipComcast asked:
>  Does the pick & Pluck leave 'crumbs' of foam that clog up your harps?

> > these trays made out of scored foam of varing
> > thickness are just the thing for making a custom harp case.  Here's the
> > link:
> >
> > http://www.saboldesigns.net/website/figure_foam.html

Nope.  They are cleanly cut blocks that are held together by thin strips of
uncut foam between them (sort of like perforation).  When you've plucked a
configuration you like (by breaking those thin strips in your desired
pattern and removing the affected foam blocks), you can glue everything
that's left together to make it sturdier.  You save the removed blocks
because you can reconfigure the chambers later on by gluing them back in.
Works like a charm for me.

The only problem I did encounter is when I made open compartments close to
the outer perimeter of the foam tray where the 1/4" thick closed-cell bottom
is glued on.  You have to remove the glue where you've removed those pluck
cells to avoid getting it on the mouthpiece of your harps (by rolling it
against the bottom piece with your fingers).  It's a rubbery glue, not a
cement that bonds with the foam, and it is easily and cleanly removed.

The foam trays make a nice, sanitary way to carry/organize your harps, IMO.

Michelle