Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 1997/09

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Re: A Beginner's Question - Cleaning a mouthpiece
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:05:40 -0400

>At 01:30 PM 9/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>I was told never to run a swab through a mouthpiece because it wears down
>>the inside after time and harms your mouthpiece
>>
>> Amy

Amy,
I bought a "mouthpiece brush" (actually a two-inch piece of wire
covered with what look like fine strings; the ends of the wire are capped
with rubber so they won't scratch the mouthpiece), and I just gently wipe
out the inside of the mouthpiece with it when I'm finished playing. I
think it ran about $3 in a retail music store.

-Scott

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

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