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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 2008/04
From: Dave Metzger <dave_metzger9@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Re: [doublereeds] ultra sonic cleaner
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:15:03 -0400
I learned a good trick from Ed Lacy. He uses a small, plastic, disposable b=
athroom cup to put the reed in and place the cup in the cleaner. That way y=
ou only have to change the water in the cup and the cleaner never gets dirt=
y. Thanks, Ed.=20
Dave
> From: crispinscreations@-----.net
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:32:13 -0600
> Subject: [DR-L] Re: [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?
>
>
> 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 steril=
e.
> 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 he=
lps
> to do that.
>
> Here's the link again to the ultrasonic:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D180233332260&refid=
=3Dstore
> .
>
>
> -David Crispin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Webster"=20
> To: "doublereedlist2"=20
> 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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