Re: [Harp-L] someone spilled beer in my harmonicas!!!!!

[DAINE <monsterharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I soak my harps in 99% alcohol since i can remember on a regular basis.  You can special order the 99% Alcohol at your drug store. Until then you can get 91% at the drug store. Alcohol evaporates quickly so it doesn't seem to rust like water, I soak plastic harps for 20 minutes and wood for about a minute....................Dane Paul 


On Sep 29, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Randy Singer wrote:

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> I have this new gig on mondays, I play in a real reggae band, hard core reggae…….I play the lee oscar WAR style mixed with howard levy style and they give me the freedom to play anything, doing the horn lines, solos, intros, etc. Amazing gig, packed house every monday night in miami beach…..My favorite night of the week.
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> But the place can get really wild….and it did.
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> Someone knocked a beer off the table and it landed on my harps. I was SHOCKED and horrified to see six of my golden melodies LYING IN A POOL OF GUINESS BEER!!!!
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> It was a crime scene to me…….like seeing my harps in a  pool of blood…..i was so outraged…..grabbed them up and the beer poured out of my pristine harmonicas!!!
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> I did my best to wipe the cover plates……
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> problem is some of them are now sticking….there is residue for sure…….i had a session yesterday and had to use a razor blade to free three stuck reeds.
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> DOES ANYONE HAVE A SOLUTION?
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> Can i dunk a plastic harp in water? In hindsight, I probably should have done that the moment it happened since the water could not have been anywhere worse than the thick beer.
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> I guess that's why they call it the blues…..
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> your advice is appreciated.
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> randy