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

[Mike Wilbur]

Or some Peroxide / Boric Acid for a few mins soak then warm rinse.
Removes beer n chips.

Mike Wilbur


> On Oct 5, 2016, at 9:59 PM, Phyllis731--- via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:
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> 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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> blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important;  border-left:1px 
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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.  
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> On Wednesday,  October 5, 2016, 5:00 PM, Leonard Schwartzberg 
> <leonard1 at xxxxx>  wrote:
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> 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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