Re: [Harp-L] Cleaning chromatic reedplates

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You don't have to get that close to the glued end. As long as the major portion of the windsaver and plate area under it are clean, air pressure will 'peel' the windsaver as far as it needs to go. 
smo-joe

On Aug 23, 2012, at 9:14 PM, Music Cal wrote:

> Periodically I use a Q-tip and rubbing alcohol to clean the part of
> reedplate surface that contacts the windsavers. I am almost certain that I
> picked this practice up from a tip that Sissy Jones placed online. It works
> pretty well. The only problem I have with this method is cleaning near the
> point where the windsaver is glued to the reedplate. If I get to close to
> that point the windsaver can become bent. So when using this method I end
> up missing some of what needs cleaning and occasionally I bend a windsaver.
> 
> I would like to do better. How do you clean this surface to maintain a
> stick-free valve-against-reedplate surface?
> 
> MusiCal