Klarinet Archive - Posting 000662.txt from 2003/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] When an old clarinet smells
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:35:10 -0400

At 09:01 AM 9/24/2003 +0200, Georg K=FChner wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>I zhink I have to add something absurd told me by one of my pupils.=
Normally
>I talk once or twice a year about cleaning and oiling etc. When I talked to
>a new student. She told me that she has a perfect system of cleaning her
>clarinet and needs no advice. So I asked her to tell me because I want to
>learn it. She told me that in her "Musikverein" they have been told to use
>hot water !! and soap normnally used for the dishes... And put the calrinet
>for about 20 minutes in it with pads, corks and so on. After that they wash
>it with clear water.
>
>I personally was alittle bit shocked. Ever heard of something like this??

Substitute "warm" for "hot" and you have a fine procedure for cleaning=20
BRASS instruments. It is a recipe for DISASTER on woodwinds!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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