Day Two Hundred: Wash Rattlesnake Rattles

About 15 years ago, Jeff's grandfather passed away, and Jeff ended up with one of his guitars. Jeff soon discovered that the guitar had an odd rattle to it, and as he began inspecting the instrument, he discovered that the sound hole was filled with rattlesnake rattles. Inquiries with the family revealed that every time Pawpaw killed a rattlesnake on his ranch he cut the rattle off and put it into his guitar because he thought the rattle added to the acoustics. We have had those rattles on display in an airtight jar all these years. Unfortunately, the jar was recently broken, and I moved the rattles to a different, less airtight container. We have been noticing a stench in that part of the house lately and finally figured out the smell was coming from the jar. So, today I had the rare pleasure and opportunity to hand wash 37 rattlesnake rattles. Believe it or not, I had never done this before.