The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159919 Message #3790506
Posted By: Steve Shaw
15-May-16 - 07:59 PM
Thread Name: jaw harp
Subject: RE: jaw harp
No it isn't. And there's nothing whatsoever wrong with calling it Jew's harp. As a harmonica player, I'm used to having harmonicas called harps or mouth harps. The word Jew as used in Jew's harp carries no negative or pejorative connotations whatsoever. Jew's harp is a venerable name. That's what I call it and always will. As a matter of fact, I possess rather a good one and I can play it. But I don't, because I'm never quite sure that the vibrations from it that penetrate my skull on their way to my brain are entirely good for me.