Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 2000/02

From: "Dodgshun family" <dodgshun@-----.nz>
Subj: Re: [kl] mpc cleaning
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 16:48:42 -0500

> Ooor...you could drop your mpc in a warm mug of water with a denture
> cleansing tablet, then rinse it off. Once a week, seems to work fine
> for
> me...
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>> Im sure your mpc goes in tip 1st so the cork is out of the water !!
>> How do you get rid of the white crud (eewww) that builds up on the mpc?
>>It's calcium deposits, right? Someone told me vinegar. Someone else
>>said to clean your reeds in hydrogen pyroxide. Isn't that bad news for
>>Mr. Reed?

Vinegar works well to get the white crud off mouthpieces - I use it on my
crystal b-cl mouthpiece which seems to collect crud more easily than my Bb
mp, don't know why. Just make sure you rinse it off properly. I don't know
about using hydrogen peroxide to clean reeds - after some of the chemistry
experiments I've done, I wouldn't tend to use this method! I find if I dry
them off thoroughly after I've been playing, they're fine.

Anna

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