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This topic has 6 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 10 months ago by barbara-brundage.

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June 13, 2007 at 4:33 pm #164686

unknown-user
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There was an article somewhere I read and didn’t print that tells how to clean harp strings.

June 14, 2007 at 2:02 pm #164687

unknown-user
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I

June 14, 2007 at 4:24 pm #164688

Pat Eisenberger
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My teacher would wipe down her harp strings with alcohol after a day’s worth of lessons. She has many youngsters, and she didn’t trust them to wash their hands.

June 14, 2007 at 4:36 pm #164689

barbara-brundage
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Just wipe them down with a dry cloth.

June 17, 2007 at 4:53 pm #164690

unknown-user
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I wipe my strings down with a dry cloth too. What effect would water, cleaners, anti-bacterial wipes, etc. have on the strings? I worry that the bass strings might rust, and the gut and nylon strings disintigrate. Would the sound of the strings change?

June 17, 2007 at 8:47 pm #164691

bernhard-schmidt
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hallo,

since we had a similar question at the German forum I made a test with a product named

June 17, 2007 at 9:01 pm #164692

barbara-brundage
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>Could any of this happen?

It probably wouldn’t hurt the nylon strings, but I wouldn’t risk it on gut or wire.
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