Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2000/02

From: "W. Edinger" <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] alcohol and mouthpieces
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:30:02 -0500

The use of swabs to at least partially disinfect clarinet parts sounds
like a clever and effective idea, but it should come with a warning
against using it on plastic mouthpieces. I've never had a problem (I
don't use plastic), but I was convinced some time back from a very high
authority (it was several subscribers to this list with personal
experience) that alcohol can make the plastic brittle and fracture it,
or make it susceptible to fracture.

Bill Edinger

"Music and wine are one." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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