Doublereed Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2008/04

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: [doublereeds] ultra sonic cleaner
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:23:28 -0400

I'm curious to learn of anything that is robust enough to kill TB but will
not attack the cellulose of a reed. Not clorox, not H2o2, not alcohol, not
quats, and CHX is darned expensive for a US bath; its efficacy is diminished
by contact over time with protein. I have been leery of using anything
except detergent in mine. I dip student reeds in CHX.
Herb

On 4/15/08 9:32 AM, "David Crispin / Crispin's Creations"
<crispinscreations@-----.net> wrote:

>
>> Here's another question about cleaners for those of
>> you who have them and teach. Do you clean your
>> students reeds in them?
>
>
> Kim,
>
> I do like to clean my students' reeds in the ultrasonic. When you get an
> ultrasonic from me, I share with you my formula for a solution which you can
> easily mix up at home, using stuff you probably already have on hand.
> This solution, among other attributes, will kill any and all germs AND
> VIRUSES known to humankind. (I told my sister, a nurse-practitioner, what
> was in it and she said "Yep, that'll do it!")
>
> So... the solution in the cleaner and the cleaner's tank is always sterile.
> You'll find yourself replacing the solution when the debris at the bottom of
> the tank motivates you to do so.
>
> I try to keep my student's reeds playing as well as possible and their
> expenditure on reeds as low as I (practically) can, and the ultrasonic helps
> to do that.
>
> Here's the link again to the ultrasonic:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180233332260&refid=store
> .
>
>
> -David Crispin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Webster" <kwoboe@-----.com>
> To: "doublereedlist2" <doublereeds@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:55 AM
> Subject: [doublereeds] ultra sonic cleaner
>
>
>> Here's another question about cleaners for those of
>> you who have them and teach. Do you clean your
>> students reeds in them? (You know how long they like
>> to hold on to them....is it a good idea to prolong the
>> long life they already try to get out of them - hmm
>> perhaps not...) And do you need to sterilize the
>> cleaner after cleaning someone else's reeds?
>>
>> Kim
>>
>>
>>
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