Re: [Harp-L] How Do You Clean Your Harmonica?

["Abner Galdos" <cdgaldos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Zach I'm not sure if you got your answer or not. I hope so.
I'm new my self and I saw a You Tube vid, a link that I believe Elizabeth posted.. I cant remember it but I'm sure you can find it.
If the harps are new I don't think you need to clean them. and if you do, you need to be real gentle around the reeds using a soft toothbrush.  And it all depends on what kind of cleaning your trying to achieve. 
I'm too new so I cant give you that much advice.

BUT!!!!!!!!!!
Before you put your harp in your month remember anything you eat or drink winds up junking up the harp.
I always brush my teeth after I eat if I'm going to practice, and if I have been cleaning or fooling around the car engine, yard, garage I make sure I wash my hands.  Other then that I have been Practicing for several month and really had no need to clean my only to know that I can......

abner (Blueyes, no cavities mom)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Zach Frisch 
  To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:38 PM
  Subject: [Harp-L] How Do You Clean Your Harmonica?



  Hi Everyone,

  I have another beginner's question. I have two harmonicas now, both diatonic one in E and one in C. I was wondering, how do you clean a harmonica without it being toxic to your breathing while you play? Is there a way to clean a harmonica and preserve the integrity of the sound without taking the whole thing apart?  Any help on this would really be appreciated. Thanks,

  Zach Frisch
  Yorkville, Illinois


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