Klarinet Archive - Posting 001018.txt from 1998/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Reeds and Germs
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 06:51:43 -0400

Justin:
1) You could well leave cells from the inside of your mouth on a reed
which
would nourish viruses, though they *will* die off sometime, no doubt..
2) Peroxide does have some genuine disinfectant action - it's mainly
useful against anaerobic organisms, though, which are unlikely to be found
on reeds.
Roger Shilcock

On Sat, 16 May 1998, Justin Wood wrote:

> Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:07:48 -0400
> From: Justin Wood <olio555@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Reeds and Germs
>
> <snip>
> Dee Hays said that you can disinfect reeds with peroxide...
>
> I hate to do this to you, but I don't think that peroxide will kill the
> virus. The main reason peroxide works on a cut or something is because the
> bubbles push out the dirt and other foreign matter. The same with reeds.
> When a read gets to the point it appears "yucky" it just has some dirt and
> other foreign matter stuck in the fibers. The peroxide just pushes the dirt
> and foreign matter out of the read.
>
> Though letting the reeds sit without being used will kill the virus. The
> virus is dependent upon a living host which a reed is not. Soon the virus
> should die...
>
> Somebody should correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Justin
>
>
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