Re: [Harp-L] Re: "used" harp/what to do to sanitize?

["Larry Ravlin" <sheepdip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I took mine and put them into a stainless steel mesh bag and took them to
the airport and hung them behind the port engine on my buddies Lear 35 and
left them there for a 3 minute pass at 102%-.  Then misted them carefully
with a 5th of Yukon Jack.  they seem to work FB but then again I have
forgotten a lot about the process as time goes on.

Lawrence the magnificent

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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:35 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: "used" harp/what to do to sanitize?


> Hi JP:  I own a couple of "pre-owned" harmonicas as well  and used
Rubbing
> Alcohol on a clean cloth, getting into the nooks and  crannies with a
clean
> (reserved for that purpose) toothbrush and using wooden  toothpicks also
> dipped in the alcohol where necessary.  It's wonderful on the metal
surfaces
> but I'm wondering now if I should forego using it on the wooden combs
even
> though I'm very careful and use it very sparingly there:   just
wipe-downs --
> no soaking?  I can easily switch to something like Listerine  instead.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> "think about it people - you don't chew on a harp, you don't use it to
> excavate holes in your gums, you don't brush your teeth with it - you just
put  it
> to your
> lips and blow in and out. whatever's on it, unless we're talking  serious
> crusty
> goop from years of use, should be totally water soluble. a sealed wood
comb
>  or a plastic comb shouldn't, as far as i know, "absorb" any germs,  they
> should
>  just wash off. if you really need to disinfect it, i think the best
> answer's been given already - a little mouthwash. very little.
>
> --Jp"
>
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