Greetings to you. I bought a used Hohner Chromatic 64 harmonica (it is from the 1960's) which has a plastic comb joined to the brass plates that were not meant to be removed. I even understand that this plastic crumbles easily if these nail type parts, holding it together were pulled. It was the era of that kind of issues with plastics of that time. I understand also that if disassembling of this was done it also will have lost its air tightness. I do not want to take it apart and I have no plans to do so, but I have taken the other parts off. This has windsavers/valves. I am wondering if I can use your method of cleaning on this and perhaps blow a fan on it for a duration (aimed at the comb) and periodically rotating it of course to get al moisture out?? After watching your video, I see that these valves probably should be cleaned. I suspect it might have been sitting for a while unused. As for me too, I like the idea of having a clean instrument to blow on and "draw" on. I have thus far tried to air it out with a fan at an appropriate speed, as the only resort I can think of until I saw your video, hoping something like this is do-able. If you have any ideas for cleaning I would appreciate it so very much. God bless you in Jesus' Name. Thank you for your time and everything.
With the cover plates removed and slide assembly removed. You can rinse the comb and reed plates while under warm water. Then let it dry over night. Sounds like you have a great harp. I'm guessing it's straight tuned as well. You may be able to find a customizer that will swap out the comb for you and attached the reed plates with screws.
@@MattWatsonHarmonica THANK YOU so very, very, much for your reply. I am so grateful. Thank you. I will proceed according to your directions. Thanks so much again. May your day be so very blessed.
The glue will not melt. Don't use hot water, though it probably wouldn't matter. Water is the best solution to free saliva. There are times I don't use soap. Just lukewarm water. I've been doing this for years. Keeping them clean has saved me a lot of work. My windsavers last a very long time. I rarely replace them. Perhaps the seller was afraid you would rinse without removing the reed plates from the comb? Potentially damage a wood comb? I use water to clean my slide as well. Long ago I used trumpet valve oil to free my slide. What a mistake. It attracted dirt and made it worse. There have been times when I'd put a few drops of water on the slide between sets in a club bathroom to free the slide. Works beautifully.
Hi Sir, if I rinse my chromatic harmonica and let it air dry after I play it every time. Is there a need to do the suggested cleaning shown by you? Thanks.
If you warm up your harmonica before you play with a heating pad on low for 5 minutes or so you won’t need to clean it every time. The idea is if you breath is warmer than your harmonica condensation will occur and the valves or windsavers will get wet and start to stick. I only wash my reed plates when I have to. I do have a video where I show how I rinse them. Sometimes I’ll rinse when I notice the valves sticking at the end of a session. It’s a good idea to do this before they dry but hopefully you won’t have to do this every time you practice.
I wanted to share that today I cleaned my Seydel Saxony reed plates using this method and it work well!
excellent stuff helped me a lot thanks
Aaah! --- #howtocleanyourharmonicawindsaver. Very cool!
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This was helpful. How do I clean the windsavers on my Chromonica which has wooden comb and plates are nailed (not screwed)?
You’ll need to clean them one at a time. Check this out. I haven’t tried it but I think this will work.
czcams.com/video/1JtNdYGzNJY/video.html
@@MattWatsonHarmonica Thanks for the link; it is indeed a great idea to clean the windsavers,
Greetings to you. I bought a used Hohner Chromatic 64 harmonica (it is from the 1960's) which has a plastic comb joined to the brass plates that were not meant to be removed. I even understand that this plastic crumbles easily if these nail type parts, holding it together were pulled. It was the era of that kind of issues with plastics of that time. I understand also that if disassembling of this was done it also will have lost its air tightness. I do not want to take it apart and I have no plans to do so, but I have taken the other parts off. This has windsavers/valves. I am wondering if I can use your method of cleaning on this and perhaps blow a fan on it for a duration (aimed at the comb) and periodically rotating it of course to get al moisture out?? After watching your video, I see that these valves probably should be cleaned. I suspect it might have been sitting for a while unused. As for me too, I like the idea of having a clean instrument to blow on and "draw" on. I have thus far tried to air it out with a fan at an appropriate speed, as the only resort I can think of until I saw your video, hoping something like this is do-able. If you have any ideas for cleaning I would appreciate it so very much. God bless you in Jesus' Name. Thank you for your time and everything.
With the cover plates removed and slide assembly removed. You can rinse the comb and reed plates while under warm water. Then let it dry over night. Sounds like you have a great harp. I'm guessing it's straight tuned as well. You may be able to find a customizer that will swap out the comb for you and attached the reed plates with screws.
@@MattWatsonHarmonica THANK YOU so very, very, much for your reply. I am so grateful. Thank you. I will proceed according to your directions. Thanks so much again. May your day be so very blessed.
Hi, I was wondering are you going to melt the glue under the windsaver? I was told by the harmonica seller not to wash the reedpalte with water.
The glue will not melt. Don't use hot water, though it probably wouldn't matter. Water is the best solution to free saliva. There are times I don't use soap. Just lukewarm water. I've been doing this for years. Keeping them clean has saved me a lot of work. My windsavers last a very long time. I rarely replace them. Perhaps the seller was afraid you would rinse without removing the reed plates from the comb? Potentially damage a wood comb? I use water to clean my slide as well. Long ago I used trumpet valve oil to free my slide. What a mistake. It attracted dirt and made it worse. There have been times when I'd put a few drops of water on the slide between sets in a club bathroom to free the slide. Works beautifully.
@@MattWatsonHarmonica thank you for your detail explaintion!
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CX -12 wind saver cleaning…
Hi Sir, if I rinse my chromatic harmonica and let it air dry after I play it every time. Is there a need to do the suggested cleaning shown by you? Thanks.
If you warm up your harmonica before you play with a heating pad on low for 5 minutes or so you won’t need to clean it every time. The idea is if you breath is warmer than your harmonica condensation will occur and the valves or windsavers will get wet and start to stick. I only wash my reed plates when I have to. I do have a video where I show how I rinse them. Sometimes I’ll rinse when I notice the valves sticking at the end of a session. It’s a good idea to do this before they dry but hopefully you won’t have to do this every time you practice.
@@MattWatsonHarmonica Thank you very much.
I washed mine and the windsavers fell off.
I'm very sorry to learn this. What model?