Re: [Harp-L] Strep and Harmonica Cleaning

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ole Behrendtsen wrote:
<That's an important point Mike. If so all you need to do is put them in an adequately dry environment for long enough and the <bacteria simply won't survive. 

Not survive, or simply go dormant?  I seem to recall from my wife's microbiology training in nursing school that bacteria can survive a whole lot of situations that many other organisms would find utterly fatal. They wrap themselves in a hard shell, go to sleep, and live to fight another day.  

I agree with a previous post to the effect that once your body's developed antibodies, the bacteria you've met already aren't likely to trouble you again.  But I doubt that simply drying the harp out will kill all the bacteria on it.

Regards, Richard Hunter 

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