Re: [Harp-L] cleaning harps after illness?

["Timothy J. Schutte" <kc8hr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ross,

b2becom@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My limited understanding of medical germ theory is that you can't
> reinfect yourself after you have fought a bug off and had it run its
> course.  Am I delusional?  should I clean my harps? a soak in the
> tub?  with what, alcohol?  Is this why the bug has dragged on now for
> almost two weeks? Any docs out there with advice.

I'm not a doctor, and I don't play one on TV. ;-) But your question 
interested me, so I did a bit of googling.

Here is an interesting article on disinfecting after a household flu attack:

http://murl.se/21633

I don't think that you could re-infect via your own harp, but someone 
else could get sick from handling it, so maybe a quick wipe-down of the 
cover plates with rubbing alcohol wouldn't be a bad idea

I am a karate instructor, so I am around kids a lot. The little 
bug-factories are always coughing and sneezing all over me.

Tim

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