Re: Old Harp

[Pierre <slavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try soaking it in a solution of 5% bleach and 95% percent water and then let
it dry out for a day or so. I clean bike water bottles that way and it make
them like new. The only thing I'm not sure of is wether the soaking (water)
will damage the harp. Wait a bit and see what other people post.

Pierre.


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Freeman" <keith.freeman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l-digest" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 1:59 PM
Subject: Old Harp


>
> > I have a Hohner Chromatic that I played when I was a teenager, 20
> > years ago. It has a wood comb. It works fine but it tastes musty, the
> > way a damp basement smells. Is there any way to clean it? It was never
> > played by anyone but me (I don't buy used harps!) so it is not a
> > "germs" issue, juts a musty taste/smell.
> I had that problem and cleaned the comb with a toothbrush and warm water
with
> washing up liquid. It helped a bit but didn't get rid of the smell
entirely. I then sanded the
> comb (with sandpaper on a flat surface) down to the fresh wood and that
helped a bit
> more. (To get rid of the smell entirely I would imagine would require
sealing with
> polyurethane varnish, which I haven't tried.) I noticed that some of the
smell/taste was
> on the reedplates. Cleaning those with soapy water didn't help much at
all.
>
> -Keith
>
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