Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2002/10

From: w9wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] cleaning an old mouthpiece
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:40:20 -0400

<><> Marc=A0Vanelverdinghe wrote:
In did use the vinegar, and this changed the colour ( I'm lucky, not the
tone!). The vinegar was blended with water (1/10th of the mix was
vinegar) and the mouthpiece was in it for 5 minutes.

Marc, unless it was _hot_ water (which can turn hard rubber green), I'm
stumped. Vinegar much stronger than 10% is the time-honored standby
for cleaning mouthpieces, especially for removing white calcium
deposits.

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