Re: toxicity of sealants

["G." <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Bob,

I'm quite surprised it ended up being Paraffin ~OIL~, the MSDS sheets I've seen
for it aren't exactly encouraging its use around the mouth and/or nose.

But there you go.
G.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Maglinte <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: G. <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: toxicity of sealants


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G." <gigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 4:38 AM
> Subject: Re: toxicity of sealants
> >
> > Which reminds me... the latest Hering wood comb diatonic harmonica
> > "Vintage 1923" ... is its comb sealed?  If so whats it sealed with?
> >
> > Best Regards
> > G.
>
> Hi,
> The Hering Vintage Harps comes with a factory sealed wood comb, and
> the woodbeing used is Marfim Imperial from the Brazillian tropics,
> according to Carlos Bertolazzi at their headquarters in Brazil. Another
> person on this list whses name escapes me at this moment had a
> conversation with a European distributor and according to his source,
> the sealant being used is parrafin oil. Carlos had told me they tried many
> different sealants, including all of the  ones mentioned, but none of
> them worked particarly well with this  wood, and they settled on this
> particular sealant.
>
> I understand from Carlos that in the next year or two, they'll be coming
> out with a line oif chromatics using this particular sealed wooden comb.
>
> Sincerely,
> Barbeque Bob Maglinte
> Boston, MA