Klarinet Archive - Posting 000917.txt from 2000/10

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] cleaning mouthpieces
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:33:44 -0400

Marta Schworm Weldon wrote re cleaning the guck off of mouthpieces:

<<<A very quick and effective way to clean mouthpieces is with Muriatic
Acid. . . . Please use sparingly and be very careful, do not inhale the
fumes, this is poison.>>>

I have no doubt that muriatic acid effectively removes the calcium plaque
from the mouthpiece. For adults it is an excellent solution (sorry,
couldn't help myself). Efferdent and CLR work, too. I hesitate to recommend
any of these to kids, though, being poison and all.

I have a similar solution (there I go again!): vinegar. I fill a shot glass
-- OK, in the school I'd use a Dixie cup -- with an inch or so of white
vinegar. Carefully place the mouthpiece in it tip-down, and in no time all
of the guck is gone. If you neglect to carefully rinse, you don't die; it
just doesn't taste so good. (Or if you use balsamic vinegar, very good
indeed).

David Niethamer wrote:

<<<Marta has been my valued colleague since 1983. Welcome to the list,
Marta!>>>

. . . so you no longer have to whisper in rehearsal, drawing the ire of
conductors. You get to email each other!

[Welcome to the list, Marta!]

kjf

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