Klarinet Archive - Posting 000430.txt from 2002/02

From: StillLoveNewYork@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Suggestions Needed For Cleaning A Clarinet
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:26:34 -0500

In a message dated 2/20/02 9:14:22 PM Central Standard Time, deehays@-----.net
writes:
> The case is probably musty also so either
> totally deoderize the case (difficult at best) or get a new case so the
pads
> don't get stinky again.

I would just go with getting an entire new case without bothering to try to
deodorize the old one. When I bought my used Vito, I was given the advice to
replace the case. It wasn't musty-smelling, but I was told that old cases
that have been stored for awhile could have mites, and the mites could also
get into the instrument's pads. So I bought a new case and had the
instrument repadded (I was going to have the repadding done anyway). It
almost gave me the feeling of having a new instrument, carrying around that
shiny new case! Even if there weren't any mites, it was worth it.

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