MP
332 posts
May 24, 2010
1:14 PM
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here's a special medical case for harmonica MDs.
friend of mine works on boats. his harps tend to take gas from the salt air so i get them working again for him.
anyway, he brought me a couple of r. sleigh customs that were siezed up. they looked okay but when i plinked the reeds they didn't plink or pluck. they plonked.
i dragged a pen knife along the reed slots and walla!! a blade full of beeswax. apparently through heat and the phenomenom of capillary action, beeswax on the fixed end of the reeds ran forward and gummed up the works. this was the case on three of his harps.
i suggested he take his stock golden melodys on the boat to avoid this problem in the future.
weird huh?
Last Edited by on May 24, 2010 1:15 PM
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oda
329 posts
May 24, 2010
1:26 PM
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That is indeed weird.
Clever title. Well written. A few clear uses of literary techniques (plink, pluck or plonk!)
8.5/10
well done.
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isaacullah
965 posts
May 24, 2010
2:13 PM
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This is exactly why I quit sealing my harps with Beeswax. I use mineral oil now, and I'm happy with it.
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Buddha
1863 posts
May 24, 2010
2:58 PM
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what's weird is why anybody would leave a harp in the sun or anyplace where it could get overheated.
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nacoran
1929 posts
May 24, 2010
3:23 PM
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Buddha, on some boats there aren't places that aren't in the sun.
I'm getting sunburn just thinking about it! :)
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jim
63 posts
May 24, 2010
4:11 PM
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isaacullah,
just noticed that you're subscribed to my youtube channel. It's a small world :)
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MP
334 posts
May 24, 2010
4:32 PM
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when i repaired school band instruments i saw a lot worse than harps heated up on a navy ordinance detection boat.
plum seeds in a xylophone
and chicken thigh bones in an unplayable alto sax.
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nacoran
1932 posts
May 24, 2010
5:01 PM
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MP, my brother once heated a peach pit to a nice 98.6 degrees. My parents had to hand check his pooh until it passed.
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Buddha
1864 posts
May 24, 2010
6:40 PM
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"Buddha, on some boats there aren't places that aren't in the sun."
try a harmonica case or gig bag. There are plenty of ways to take care of your instruments.
In over 20yrs I have never had a melting issue
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MP
335 posts
May 24, 2010
7:28 PM
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perhaps i should have said ship rather than boat. the harps were in one of those foam lined hohner cases. (never did like those cases), i believe below deck or in the cabin because that would make sense.
personally, i don't care how people treat their instruments. i'll just make suggestions like, 'don't play so hard' or 'little hot out on the pacific. best not take stuff that's gonna melt'.
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MP
336 posts
May 24, 2010
7:30 PM
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nacoran, just one of the inumerable the joys of parenthood i suspect.
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