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Key tarnish...

Author: Joey  Date:   2000-09-22 02:37 Hi everyone... well I'm a student here at Southwest Texas State, under Dr. David Pino, and tonight I just learned some interesting facts about key tarnish, especially for ppl with silver keys... Dr Pino told me that when he asked several reps from Buffet about the keywork tarnish appearing on his instruments, they told him the problem was more than likely from the mpc. Because of the rubber material many mpcs are made of today, there is a certain gas that is freed during playing and after playing. What they suggested is to wrap the mpc in a small plastic bag after use to trap the gas from affecting the instrument. I'm thinking just about any little bag will work, as long as the mpc fits and can be wrapped up in the plastic... Dr Pino commented that he's had great results in this method of storage, so I thought I'd pass on some learned info for those who, like myself, often like to have their horn looking nice and shiney That's it Joey

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