Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: cleaning mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 19:51:22 -0500

On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Dee Hays wrote:
> The main reason that I say swab it, is that for many kids in band, that is all that
> they can do at the end of band class. There is no time to run to the bathroom, get
> out your bottle of distilled water and rinse it. The food and mineral deposits are
> much more of a problem than changes due to swabbing.

A good point and one that a person should recognize. For the average
public school clarinetist (and I had a lot of those when I taught public
school!), just getting students to use good basic hygene (sp?!) on the
clarinet is important. When they are ready for a fine mouthpiece however,
it is time to work with them more closely about the do's and don't's.

Roger Garrett
IWU