[Harp-L] Re: Fuzzy

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I applaud HH for making that a policy.

You ever wonder why Hohner and other mfg.'s would rather sell you a  
new harp or reed plates rather then take the time to fix yours?  It  
isn't all about making money.
It's about the safety of their employees in the age of STD's, AID's,  
herpes, hepatitis.  Other harp techs including myself charge an extra  
fee if the harp is full of dry spit
rust and other crud.  I always dismantle and clean every harp I work  
on.  Why?  I got tired of getting throat infections from nasty ass  
harp players who didn't bother to clean them before shipping.

I  now refuse to work on any that smells like mildew and I'm not  
getting out of the business just because some yahoo's don't have the  
enough sense to regularly clean them or buy nasty harps on ebay next  
to nothing then expect harp techs to make them playable without  
consideration to their own health.

I work in the dental field and see a lot of things every day.  Bloody  
impressions, disgusting looking partials and dentures with dry food  
trapped in them. The thing is I don't have to put them in my mouth to  
test their efficiency.

 A harp came in for repair 3 months ago that was so nasty I was  
gagging to the point of almost throwing up on it while cleaning it at  
the sink. That's when I decided if the owner is too GD lazy to clean  
their harps I'm not going to waste my time trying to make it playable.

That is a pretty stupid and callous comment you made IMHO.


On Apr 27, 2011, at 12:05 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:22:32 -0300
From: "jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Fussy
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I'm sure harmonicas get disgusting and it must be nasty to see and  
work on.  But please.

Last week I cleaned a two dead birds out of two different organs.  I  
was just glad they weren't bats (really nasty).  Then there is the  
unknown fur-like substance you sometimes find on walkboards or inside  
reservoirs, and dead bugs inside reeds are just too common to count.   
If you don't want disgusting, get into a line of work that doesn't  
involve repairing things people put in their mouths and breath through.

Yes, my lack of sympathy is distinct on this one.


JR Ross

Michael Easton
www.harmonicarepair.com