Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 1996/11

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Moldy reeds
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 11:41:15 -0500

>>>Does anyone know how to clean the VD humidifying reedguards? I have had
>>trouble
>>>with black mildew growing on the heart of my reeds. Thanks!
>
>A friend of mine in the Air Force band claims that the black moldy stuff
>growing on his reeds is the secret to his beautiful clarinet playing. He
>keeps them in a tupperware container on glass plates with damp sponges
>between the layers of reeds. I think it's disgusting, and suspect his fine
>clarinet playing is the result of a sharp, creative mind and lots of hard
>work, but one way or another he sounds good and is quite healthy...
>

Perhaps the mold generates some type of antibiotc... (lazy people will
grasp at straws!)
-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu

   
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