Re: Subject: [Harp-L] Sore Mouth From Playing Chromatic
On Sep 26, 2011, at 8:24 PM, EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Separately, I once bought a chromatic which had a vile taste and odour I
> believed was likely due to insecticide used in the shipping containers.
This is true.
>
> Since there were subsequent recalls of medicines from major pharma
> companies relating to insecticide contamination of their products because of the
> pallets used in shipping, this confirmed my original gut feeling.
True
>
> Elizabeth
>
Being that I usually play the Hering chromatics, I had also noticed the unusual taste. This was because mine all had wooden combs (at the time).
Oddly enough, while on a Caribbean cruise, I stopped by a pile of pallets in Barbados because I thought I was picking up the same taste in the air.
It WAS the same taste. Apparently they use insecticide in the tropics. Also, the pallets are made from a smelly wood (Bubinga), to begin with. I have
picked up the taste in most Caribbean and S. American ports.
smo-joe
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