[Harp-L] : Grip covers

[Leonard Schwartzberg]

Just to get my 2 cents in......... after reading this past week's 100 or so suggestions, the answer/choice is obvious:   Decide if you want to use sand flecks or Krinkleys to firmly mount the Harp in your hands and Rip-p-p-p the BLOOD out of your lips, OR let the Harp slide smoothly thru your lips as it slips thru your sweaty fingers and onto the floor.   Guess that's why the gods from above invented the clarinet.  Time to move on to the next great query in life.   Leonard

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From: Harp-L [mailto:harp-l-bounces at xxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Leone
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 3:01 PM
To: harp-l
Cc: jon kip
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] : Grip covers

Frankly (poor Frank, the guy takes a beating). But frankly, I never understood why a person would even worry about what a harmonica looked like. I mean, so what.
Chances are that the listeners are hearing it and not actually seeing it. I have seen players where you never ever get the slightest glimpse of what they are holding.

I have to go with Vern. I was thinking that a coating of glue suffused with salt might work. And after  a few bouts of wetness, the salt may dissolve leaving a cratered
affect IN the glue (similar to barnacles), whereas only the ‘volcano shaped CONES' of the glue would remain. And I also agree with Richard the Lion Hunter that dirt
and crud IS something to consider. 

Non skid paint contains sand..but what about salt? Hmm, so many possibilities, so little time. 

smokey-joe said it, may regret it, if you fret it, just edit.

 

> On Nov 13, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Vern <jevern at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> You don’t bake the whole thing, just the disassembled metal parts.  In the case of the harmonica, that would be just the covers.  You would not coat the part that goes in your mouth.
> 
> Perhaps some surfboard wax on part of the covers suffused with ground walnut shells (from the marine hardware store) instead of sand would improve friction and reject saliva. It keeps bare feet from slipping off of wet surfboards.
> 
> Vern
> 
>> On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:16 AM, Arthur Jennings <arturojennings at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> There are people out there *baking* their firearms?!? I'll bet that's gone wrong more than once.
>> 
>>> On Nov 13, 2016, at 6:22 AM, jon kip <jon at xxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I experimented with "replating" of chrom mouthpieces, recently , using Brownells TEFLON/MOLY Oven Cure Gun Finish.
>>> 
>>> While it went on nicely, cured well in my oven (when my wife was out and not seeing what I was doing),  the result, as nice as it looked, made the mouthpiece NOT slide on my mouth like the chrome it was replacing.
>>> 
>>> Might work to make cover plates not slip in your hands.
>>> 
>>> Then again, it might not.
>>> 
>>> It comes in various shades of gun-friendly colors, I suppose you'd call them....probably on Amazon , I forget where I got it....not cheap, not smooth on the mouthpiece, but it might be what you're seeking.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> jon kip
>>> jon at xxxxx
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 


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