Tinus wrote about the vacuumcleaner trick for loosening up stiff ... I am collecting all of these emails and showing them to my wife to substantiate my claim...
SPAH 2002 ... Holiday Inn, Worthington, Columbus, Ohio ... 13-17th August 2002 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have been asked to...
Douglas Tate
dougtate@...
Aug 2, 2002 4:31 am
3511
... From: "Bill Price" <billprice@...> ... It´s the second time I hear indirectly that Rick Epping supports the breaking in idea. Is he a subscriber...
Man... I burst into laughter when I read this. It's the first harplistpost ever that I'll ask my girlfriend to read ;-) ... Ludo Beckers...
Ludo Beckers
lazylew@...
Aug 2, 2002 11:04 am
3513
BANQUET MEAL CHOICE Sorry, this email is the result of a mistake we made in the registration package where a meal type card was left out. I need to know your...
Douglas Tate
dougtate@...
Aug 2, 2002 5:35 pm
3514
Hi, May I ask you about the next SPAH Convention. I'm heading to the States from Europe for study for some 2 years. I'm afraid I won't be able to visit...
Sandy
harmonica@...
Aug 2, 2002 6:32 pm
3515
Hi Sandy ... It will be in Dallas, Texas 23-27 August 2003. Could I ask that you get in touch with me in say three weeks time when the dust has settled and we...
Douglas Tate
dougtate@...
Aug 2, 2002 7:49 pm
3516
... Hello Fernando! I also LOVE my Hering Harmonicas, and if the truth be known I rarely break anything in, but I also don't "blow the heck out of them" when...
Bill Price
billprice@...
Aug 3, 2002 1:14 am
3517
I said ... Regarding "breaking in reeds" which assumes that exposing reeds (made of brass or copper alloy) to gentle playing or some form of pre-stressing will...
Dear Dougas Tate, Yes I know it sounds funy while asking sbout the next Covention, not having survived this one. May I ask you about registration for this...
Sandy
harmonica@...
Aug 3, 2002 7:35 am
3519
Hey there, I recently purchased a customised Marine Band in key of A from Neil Graham who's been doing this for a few years. Neil's been building up quite a ...
... Hi Sandy We'd be delighted to see you at SPAH this year even for a few days. Send me your snail mail address and I will send you a registration pack. The...
Douglas Tate
dougtate@...
Aug 3, 2002 2:16 pm
3521
... ...but "breaking in" will have the same effect on burs as blasting with a vacuum cleaner or placing the harmonica strategically near a flatulent elephant...
Bill Price
billprice@...
Aug 3, 2002 5:22 pm
3522
... velocity. Correct. ... an ... Quite simply the tuning varies over a three day period regardless of whether it is played or sits in its box... after which...
Hello there, For a couple of years now the Cleaning Chromatic harmonica page of the Chromatic Harmonica Refrence has recommended a mix of bleach and...
I have contacted Rick on several other occasions, for example, about the XB-40. I just wanted to keep this discussion on the public forum, since it really is...
... Ahhh, I see--i didn't realize that you were referring strictly to tuning--thought you were including gapping, etc. in that Gotcha, and concur...
Bill Price
billprice@...
Aug 4, 2002 3:25 am
3526
... yes, it is, and when we can squeeze some extra time from rick's schedule, he's a welcome and smart addition to the group. ... Oh MY! You will CERTAINLY...
Bill Price
billprice@...
Aug 4, 2002 3:35 am
3527
... I wouldn't dare try anything liquid on many tremolos, which often have wooden combs. They react badly enough to saliva! I don't really have any way at all...
From: Jonathan E. Brickman <jonathan.brickman@...> ... Absolutely. Although a damp toothbrush works well with raw wood - use common sense. :) Consider this...
I just want to let the list member here know that there is a new virus floating around that attacks address books and sends bogus messages out with the virus...
diachrome@...
Aug 4, 2002 5:20 am
3530
... From: Bill Price <billprice@...> ... with ... 8< ... There was something else I want to point out here. Regarding Doug Tate as a source promoting...
Hey there group, In just over a year we've reached 300 members! Welcome aboard to our latest two new members. Thankyou everyone for your advice, opinions,...
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S Quality discussion, Wide range of all harmonica related subjects The ability to go explore a subject without watchdog closure ...
Douglas Tate
dougtate@...
Aug 4, 2002 4:07 pm
3534
Hi Doug, Thank you for writing and information. The time I arrive the U.S.A. I'll try to register on the phone # you gave me. Please send me regstration...
Sandy
harmonica@...
Aug 4, 2002 7:35 pm
3535
The problem is to sterilize wooded combs. I've been thinking and trying formalin tablets. The taste of your harmonica is not so good for a little period of...
FRANCISCO
fjcal@...
Aug 4, 2002 10:10 pm
3536
... I don't mess with too many wooden combs, but i use about 50% isoproply alcohol and wipe, don't soak. Alcohol evaporates and can take water with it, leaving...
Bill Price
billprice@...
Aug 4, 2002 10:27 pm
3537
... I strongly DISRECOMMEND formalin. Formalin is formaldehyde! I wonder how well a wooden comb impregnated with paraffin or a more stable wax or plastic...
... There is a wood treatment called polyethelyne glycol, or PEG that is used as a wood preservative. I have seen it on the shelf at woodworkers stores such as...
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