Klarinet Archive - Posting 000283.txt from 2000/02

From: Allen Warren <awarren@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] mpc cleaning
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:45:21 -0500

I use Muriatic acid (Mixed : one part acid to ten parts water) to clean build
up on the outside of my mouthpiece. Works great. No damage to mouthpiece.

Al

Shouryu Nohe wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Hojnacki wrote:
>
> > Im sure your mpc goes in tip 1st so the cork is out of the water !!
>
> Actually, no, I bury the entire mpc - the cork has never suffered. I've
> been doing this for about a year.
>
> Also keep in mind that these aren't real dentures. I don't soak the thing
> overnight, just for 10-15 min or so.
>
> > How do you get rid of the white crud (eewww) that builds up on the mpc?
>
> Like I said, denture cleanser.
>
> > It's calcium deposits, right?
>
> I dunno. Somehow I doubt it, unless humans secrete calcium in saliva, and
> that just doesn't make sense to me.
>
> "I'm afraid to inform you, Mr. Stevenson, after testing your samples, the
> lab results show that you have....hard salvia."
>
> > Someone told me vinegar.
>
> That works; I used that in high school when I couldn't find lemon juice.
> They both contain a fairly mild acid, which is why they're both used. I
> think.
>
> > Someone else said to clean your reeds in hydrogen pyroxide. Isn't that
> > bad news for Mr. Reed?
>
> I don't see why it would be, unless you're using an unusually high
> concentrate (drug store shelf HP is usually rediculously low). Hydrogen
> Peroxide is hardly an acid substance of sorts - it's simply a
> disinfectant, similar to alcohol. When I'm really sick, I clean my reeds
> in peroxide so that I won't STAY sick by continually infecting myself.
> THe peroxide bubbles up in reaction to all the little buggers floating on
> the reed, but my reed has never looked smaller upon removal from the
> container, nor has its performance suffered detrimentally. Heck, I've had
> people say they've extended the life of their reeds by ALWAYS cleaning it
> so that the germs can't break the reed down. I don't know if that's true
> - for all I know, the germs may be a part of the reed's natural break in
> process.
>
> Try it for yourself. I mean, geez, what have you got to lose? Two bucks?
>
> J. Shouryu Nohe
> http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
> Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
> "If I wanted a 'job,' I'd have gone music ED, thank you very much!"
>
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