Klarinet Archive - Posting 000043.txt from 2002/10

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] cleaning an old mouthpiece
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:10:08 -0400

Marc,

Was it a new mouthpiece or a used one when you bought it?

In itself the green color won't cause you or your playing any harm.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Wright [mailto:w9wright@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:40 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] cleaning an old mouthpiece
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> <><> Marc Vanelverdinghe 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.
>
>
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> 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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