RE: [Harp-L] Best way to store harps?

[chicago bluesman <chicagobluesman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've become partial to the harp cases available from coast-2-coast which are described as a seven-key harmonica travel case, in black codura.  Sometimes they come with a Lee Oskar logo, sometimes with a Seydel logo...I also have a couple of Harmonica Masterclass versions.  I keep them in my gig case, which is a hard shell case by SKB which was sold as a double pistol case.  It's one of those super-sturdy corrugated plastic cases suitable for checking as luggage.  Inside I have SP-20's, Marine Band Deluxes, Seydels, Golden Melody's and an oddball set of GM's in various flat's & sharps--they're all in their own 7-key case.  As you can see, I'm a little indecisive about my choice of harps.  I have enough room in the pistoal case to also have a separate compartment for mics and there's also enough room for mic cables.  When I buy new harps I take them out of the cases right away and put them in these codura travel cases--I've been very happy with this arrangement.

> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:55:43 -0600
> From: deb.wind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
> CC: 
> Subject: [Harp-L] Best way to store harps?
> 
> This was touched upon somewhat during one of the recent threads. I don't 
> seem to recall if it actually ever got definitively answered. How 
> exactly is the best way to store harmonicas (be it diatonic or 
> chromatic)? Please note, by "store" I mean "a way in which to place, or 
> keep, a harmonica so as to minimize any damage (including reed warp-age, 
> or dust) the instrument would or might incur, and yet be at the ready to 
> play at any given time".
> 
> Also include in the mental calculation if the "best way" to store a 
> harmonica would be the same for harmonicas with weighted reeds and/or 
> valves? Such as LLF, and LG  harps?
> 
> So how is the "Best Way" to store harmonicas? (as per my definition of 
> "store" :-1 )
> 
> Okay, discuss!
> 
> Deb Wind
> Better to have the Knowledge and not need it, than to need the Knowledge 
> and not have it.
> 
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