Klarinet Archive - Posting 000860.txt from 1998/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Mould on reeds
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:44:48 -0500

At 04:40 PM 3/13/98 -0800, you wrote:
>It depends if you would like to use the bleach or the sand paper. My
>option for temporary purposes is to sand your reed, I personally have not
>tried the bleach solution so I would not know how it works.
>
I suppose this is mostly a matter of semantics, but is it in fact MOLD on
the reeds, or MILDEW? I know bleach is the thing to use for mildew. I
have only ever had one reed develop this, and played it anyway until it
wore out (I was young; what did I know?).

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