Klarinet Archive - Posting 000215.txt from 2010/09

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lemon Juice
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:52:34 -0400

Bill Hausmann posted:

<<<For the record, I just cleaned my tenor sax mouthpiece with a shot glass
of lemon juice. I soaked the tip for 5 minutes, which got about 90% of the
crud. I stuck it in for another 5 and it was done. I have a clarinet
mouthpiece in now. It seems to work well, and smells better than
vinegar.>>>

Adding vodka will increase the disinfectant quality, and would be tasty.

Seriously, lemon juice is acidic like vinegar (which is why it dissolves the
calcium). For reasons I don't understand, when I soaked a clarinet
mouthpiece in lemon juice the mouthpiece patch came loose - a problem I
didn't have with vinegar. YMMV.

kjf

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