[Harp-L] Question on light cleaning of "spit" from harmonica

[Phyllis731@xxxxx]

I use an ultrasonic cleaner that works well.
 
Blues Girl Phyllis

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In a message dated 10/5/2016 7:51:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
harp-l at xxxxx writes:

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background-color:white !important; }  Yes you can wash it in water but  maybe not in hard 
running stream. Unless it is half valved, in which case you  should be careful to 
not soak the valves too long.  
I love my  steels!


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On Wednesday,  October 5, 2016, 5:00 PM, Leonard Schwartzberg 
<leonard1 at xxxxx>  wrote:

Hello fellow Harpers:  I play a Seydel Blues Session Steel  harmonica(s).
I'm a beginner/intermediate level player.  Seems like,  very often, even
after merely stepping away from the harmonica for an hour  or so, several of
the notes (i.e. 3 draw, 4 draw, 5 draw) are totally  stuck, and I've got to
hit the harp hard on my leg, or blow/draw really,  really hard to get the
note(s) to play.  I think that spit gets in  there and quickly jams the
reed(s).  Without opening the harp, can I  merely run the whole harmonica
under some room temperature water and clean  it out?  Or is there some other
way to easily keep my harp  playing?  Thanks for the help.  Leonard



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