Klarinet Archive - Posting 000366.txt from 2010/09

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vinegar turns mpc green
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:28:31 -0400

On Sep 12, 2010, at 10:52, "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net> wrote:

> Do you know what your C85 is made of? I'd have
> assumed it was some kind of rubber, but I don't really know what Selmer was
> using in the late 1990s. The white deposits have always come off of my
> mouthpieces easily with vinegar, and I've never turned a mouthpiece green.
>
>
My 1995 C85 is hard rubber. I've given it quite a few 5 minute soaks in straight white vinegar with no discernible effects other than a loosening and/or removal of deposits.

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