Klarinet Archive - Posting 000765.txt from 2003/10

From: "Ted Casher" <tedcasher@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Case Cleaning?
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:51:41 -0500

Ted Casher here: Christine's message was hilarious!
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From: "Christine Eldridge" <christineeld@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Case Cleaning?

> How not to clean a case:
>
> One of my 7th grade students recently spilled yogurt in his clarinet case.
> Strange, I know, but it gets worse. To clean the yogurt, he filled up the
> kitchen sink with water and soap and put the whole case in to soak for a
> while. Then he took the case out of the water, dripping wet, put his
> clarinet back in the case, closed it up and left it to sit for about 3
> days!!! This was during a warm spell we had and the stench that resulted
was
> disgusting. He actually brought the clarinet to his lesson and was going
to
> play on it with that awful smell and every pad ruined.
>
> At least, the clarinet itself was a very old, non-name wooden clarinet
> passed down from a family member that was in & out of the repair shop on a
> semi-weekly basis. I had been trying to convince his family all year that
a
> new student model would be better for him.
>
> Now he has a new Buffet E11 that he is taking good care of.
>
> Christine
>
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