Re: Chromatic: Improving the Slide

[Russ Bradley <wbradley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Believe it or not, when I was at Buckeye this year, Harp Depot was there 
selling Astroglide for just such a purpose.  There may have been 
something going on at Buckeye that I wasn't privy to, but that's what 
John told me when I asked him why he was selling Astroglide.
Strange but true.
I assume KY would work just as good.

Russ

Jp Pagan wrote:

>hey all,
>
>  i've looked around the internet a little and come up
>with bupkus, so i turn to you...
>  anyone have any tips on how to make the slide on a
>chromatic work more smoothly, more swiftly?
>  the chromatic in question is a Hering Baritono,
>however, the slide assembly is from a pre-war Hohner
>270(the mouthpiece is still the Baritono's).
>everything fits together well and, in this case, the
>270's slide assembly works much better than the Hering
>one which came with the harp. 
>  the slide works fine, it doesn't stick, and it isn't
>glacially slow. but i'm sure it could be faster,and
>would like it to be so.
>  how about buffing it? (there is some rust or tarnish
>i haven't been able to get rid of). if the metal isn't
>perfectly flat, how would i straighten it? anyone have
>an off the wall idea (like spray on Teflon or
>something...)?
>  all help much appreciated.
>
>       --Jp
>
>please respond on-list or to JpL_Pagan AT yahoo.com.
>Thanks again.
>
>__________________________________
>Do you Yahoo!?
>SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
>http://sbc.yahoo.com
>--
>Harp-l is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
>Hosted by ValuePricehosting.com, http://www.valuepricehosting.com
>
>