Harmonica Maintenance - Breath Savers (Valves).

Cleaning stubborn sticky breath savers, one at a time.

[@dennisferrell3662]

Very helpful. Love your attention to detail in the video.

[@mk5586]

Ich reinige keine Suzuki und meine Symphony mit einer Fühlerlehre, indem ich auch ein dünnen Stück Reinigungstuch darüber stülpe. Deine Idee ist richtig gut. Viel Grüße und gutes Video.👌 Manux

[@swamprocker5776]

Mauny, real informative. Thank you!

[@chrisparkinson5672]

Hi Mauny, thanks so much for this video. I tried this method yesterday and it worked really well. Much appreciated.

[@jimgallant8721]

Mauny. This is an incredible video. Your delivery is mesmerizing. Please do a video on how to brush your teeth. I would totally watch it. Am futzing with a sitcky reed in a suzuki SCX-64, and am making and assembling tools as I watch. One thing, when telling how much of a reed to clean with your plastic/cloth thin cleaner, you say no more than 70% so you don't bend the reed up. On the particular reed that you showed, yes it was about 70%, but it's really a fixed number, like say no closer than 10mm to the root (attachment point) of the reed.

[@MaunyMusic]

Yes, the reeds must maintain their gap, so no force should be used if going underneath them. Try avoiding unless it’s completely stuck due to debris. In that case, I carefully use a razor blade, but only if I spot something. It’s usually a small food particle…

[@MattWatsonHarmonica]

Great idea! I’ve used a q-tip but I like this much better! Can’t wait to try it.

[@MaunyMusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chhupparustom]

Great idea! I will use this technique to clean windsavers on my Chromonica.

[@prasadpankar3794]

Wow, EXCELLENT...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nihalfernandosrilankanharm6655]

Very.good.thank.you.so.much

[@MaunyMusic]

Welcome 😊

[@harmonicaarab141]

thanx bro

[@MaunyMusic]

No problem

[@gastonpiget1034]

Thanks for the tip. Some people suggest giving the harmonica a bath or running water over it, cover and all. Seydel, manufacturer of my Symphony 48, warns against this method. Your method is a good compromise. So far, I've only had problems with sticky valves on blow notes. I use a strip from a coffee filter which I dunk in water. So far so good. I might try your method too. How often do you have to take your instruments apart and clean them?

[@MaunyMusic]

I actually never thought of using a coffee filter. Thanks for sharing this. I will try it next for comparison.

[@nihalfernandofernando2261]

Hi please tell me harmonice reed pletwith out skus how to open

[@MaunyMusic]

The blow breath savers are nearly 100% the ones who get sticky. For that reason there is no need to remove reed plates off the comb.