Klarinet Archive - Posting 000055.txt from 2004/10

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Playing while sick
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:20:15 -0400

A belated reply from someone with both professional and practical
experience with these things.

A) Use drug store hydrogen peroxide. It will kill the "germs" on the reed
without harming it, and without harming you either. (It will also kill the
mold spores, which is what I use it for - regularly). Peroxide is used as
a mouthwash, among other things, and after it dries, there is NOTHING
left. (4 H2O2 = 2 O2 + 4 H2O)

B) When you recover from the cold, you have developed immunity from those
"germs", at least for a while. So there is probably no worry anyway.

Hope you feel better.

George

At 08:10 PM 10/1/2004, you wrote:
>How do I kill germs on the reed and mouthpiece after playing when I have
>a bad cold? I don't want to reinfect myself. I could use soap on the
>mouthpiece ( hard rubber) but what about the reed?
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks
>
>Audrey
>
>
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