Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 1998/05

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] gutting saxophones
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 17:23:08 -0400

Hey! There is a very offended Clarinet/Saxophone/Tuba player here!

I happen to like the saxophone. But, I do shove stuff in the bell and
forget about it, then their is the gunk in the mouthpiece...maybe you
guys/gals are right...
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Karius, Ph.D. [mailto:dikarius@-----.edu]
Subject: [kl] gutting saxophones

Jason H. wrote:
>
> Well, first, you pull it out of some unsuspecting saxophonists mouth.
While
> it's still shaking and squawking from the shock, quickly salt the floor
and
> toss it on the ground. Get a sledgehammer and knock the living brasswind
out
> of it. When it stops moving, pick it up, and use a hose and rinse it out.
Be
> sure to get all that gunk that bulds up near the mouthpiece (especially if
> you have a bari, those sickly instruments). Make sure you get out all the
> junk that saxophonists stuff into their bells and forget 10 minutes later.
>
> After it has been thoroughly gutted, just mount it ...

No - the proper way to dispose of a saxophone is to toss it into the
deepest body of water you can find, because (as we all know) deep
down it is a nice instrument...

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