Re: [Harp-L] Warped comb

[Payne David <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh hey, Venky, that water thing I mentioned was to get the beer out of the reeds. On the wood, no problem. It will just have the aromatic effervesence of beer for a while, which is a good thing. 
What kind of beer was it? I hope it wasn't some prissy light beer.
Dave
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Elk River Harmonicas 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Payne David <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Harp L Harp L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:35:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Warped comb

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Don't file it down, Venky. Run some hot water in there quickly and fast, tap it out and dry it out quick to get that beer out and then let it dry for a couple of weeks or so in a warm, dry place, like your front porch. It will take a while to dry out, but eventually it will. You'll think âthis will never dry out, Dave is nuts,â but it will. 
After its dry.... SEAL THE COMB!!! Then your buddies can spew their beer into it with impunity.

Are the comb teeth warped? If so, forget everything I just said and let me know. You can fix a warped comb.

;)

Dave
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Dave Payne Sr.
Elk River Harmonicas
www.elkriverharmonicas.com 


----- Original Message ----
From: "venkyr@xxxxxxx" <venkyr@xxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: HPOOF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:33:17 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Warped comb

To all those in the trade, someone accidentally flooded my harp case with his beer at a gig last night. All my harps were still in their boxes except one- Marine Band with a wooden comb. Minutes later,the teeth started to come out.

What do I do now? Wait till its dry? File it down? Toss it? Buy replacement parts?

Thanks for your input.

Venky
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