[quote] >> I often give my wooden bodied Blues Harps and Marine Bands a quick splosh in water before playing. <<

Bonz, who played dobro, banjo and harp in the late lamented Rocky Mountain Ploughboys, would always give his harmonica a quick dip in his pint of beer before each song.

Although a good blues player, his harps were notoriously ill-maintained, usually with at least a reed or two not sounding. On one occasion an instrument was working so poorly, even after the beer treatment, that he opened it up and found an old bus ticket crumpled up inside.