Re: [Harp-L] Harp Cleaning

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 17, 2004, at 12:39 AM, Pierre wrote:

> My favorite solution for cleaning harps is still chlorine (bleach), 
> you swim in pools and people pee in them; people accidentaly swallow 
> pool water (yuch) - and no-one dies, besides its cheap, available and 
> easy. I've used this on old bike bottles for over 20 years and it 
> leaves a nice fresh taste :-)
>
> Pierre.
>
>  I have LONG used bromine, but since it is the "big brother" of 
> chlorine (and VERY dangerous), I never mentioned it because some 
> people don't know what they're doing and could get seriously hurt. I 
> have also used IODINE which is an even "Bigger brother".  The entire 
> family goes (toxically) something like this:
   1....Florine
   2....Chlorine
   3...Bromine
   4...Iodine
   5...Astatine

 tafka  smo-joe