Fwd: [Harp-L] Should I lubricate the slider thingee on Chrom, if so, with what?

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Water is your best slide lubricant.

Just about anything else will gum up the works/melt your 
valves/poison you/taste bad/go rancid. Or any combination thereof.

In what way does the slide seem "dry" - are the parts rubbing 
together in a scratchy sort of way? If so, you might want to check 
alignemnt  of the parts, makes sure they're clean, make sure the 
mouthpiece screws are tightened optimally (not so loose they let it 
leak air but not so tight that the slide binds against the 
neighboring surfaces.

If the parts are clean and free of foreign matter, assembled so that 
they are properly seated and aligned, with mouthpiece tighened 
optimally (tighen each screw until the slide binds, then back off 
about a quarter turn) and the slide still rubs or binds, then check 
that the mputhpiece and its housing parts are flat and smooth. Bends 
and burrs need to be straightened (careful hand bending) and smoothed 
(sanding with fine - 600-plus - sandpaper on a hard flat surface).

There's plenty in the archive both here and at SlideMeister about 
slide-mouthpiece issues.

Winslow

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nate in the Blues Room" 
<thebluesroom@...> wrote:

Hello,
I purchased my first "working" chromatic harp today,
washed it and have reassembled it. YEAH!!

Any recommendations for lubricating the slide thingee
on a Chromatic harmonica as it seems a little dry?

Should the slide be dry or lubricated with something?
If lubed ... with what?

Regards,
Nate
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