[Harp-L] Cleaning with alcohol de-tuned my harps!

[Tim Dougherty <timd@xxxxxxx>]

Help!

After following the "easy" method of cleaning some of my Lee Oskar harps by 
dipping them in alcohol, I rinsed them with water and allowed them to dry 
for several hours.  Now five out of eight of of them has pulled out of 
tune.  Particularly the low notes on the lower harps , and especially the 
1-4 draw and blow octave for some reason.  On the good side, they are now 
very responsive and easy to play!

I guess it's time to learn to tune a harp (after 15 years).  I have no idea 
what I'm doing, but I found a good article by Robert Bonfiglio.

Has anybody else had this problem?  What did I do wrong?



Tim Dougherty
www.TDVP.tv
www.HarpMicGaskets.com