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Author: Jessica
Date: 1999-10-17 19:30
Hello,
I really want to disinfect my mouthpiece because I was told after you are sick you can be reinfected through your reedss and moutpiece. anyway my maouthpiece is pretty disgusting and swabbning doesn't do a thing. what do you recommend, hot water, Vinegar??
It is a B45 plastic mouthpiece...
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-10-17 20:20
NEVER use hot water. It will warp the mouthpiece.
Vinegar is good for removing calcium deposts but doesn't disinfect.
Use a disinfectant spray or wipe with alcohol to sanitize but don't soak in alcohol as it affects the color.
The B45 is hard rubber not plastic.
Reeds can be soaked in hydrogen peroxide and rinsed well.
All solutions should be approximately room temperature.
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Author: Kimberly Nisius
Date: 1999-10-17 21:16
Since hydrogen peroxide tastes awful and rinsing may not get rid of all the taste an oboe thing is to mix hydrogen peroxide with mouthwash. You only need a little hydrogen peroxide to kill germs, and the mouthwash helps, and tastes a lot better.
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Author: tree
Date: 1999-10-18 03:50
does the same type of cleaning hold true for a Pyne Mouthpiece? thank, therese
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Author: Meredith
Date: 1999-10-18 04:31
is there any alternative to vinegar to clean off calcium deposits? The smell of vinegar makes me gag....thanks!
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Author: ClarinetQween
Date: 1999-10-18 04:45
You Can use Lemon juice- I heard about this... It will get the the deposits off and semidisinfect. the Citric acid in the lemon juice is what does it.Hope I could help.
-ClarinetQween:)
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Author: Eoin
Date: 1999-10-18 06:57
I was told by my clarinet salesman never to use a pull through swab on a mouthpiece, as it can push the sides out. Instead, just shake it dry.
I think it is safe enough to dry the mouthpiece after use with a tissue.
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-10-18 23:06
tree wrote:
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does the same type of cleaning hold true for a Pyne Mouthpiece? thank, therese
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It's fine for any plastic or hard rubber mouthpiece. I couldn't say for other materials.
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-10-19 04:36
I use a pull through swab on my mouthpieces, but I don't pullthem through. I just pull it until I feel resistance then I pull it back out. As for disinfecting, I personally never worry about it. Rumour has it that you build antibodies to strains of viruses that you've been exposed to. Anyway, I dont even change toothbrush after a cold so I don't bother to change reeds or disinfect the mouthpiece.
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Author: paul
Date: 1999-10-19 14:43
Brief soaking of things in a mild tap water diluted hydrogen peroxide solution in a small drinking glass seems to be a pretty good trick for many problems. I've used it with a Legere reed to kill a bad smell/taste. It worked very well, but the plastic label came off the reed. This same peroxide trick can be used to get a little more playing time from a natural cane reed. I've done that, too.
Question: Is it okay to use the same trick for light disinfection of a mouthpiece, as long as I'm careful to not dip the cork in the solution? What about the citric/acetic acid thing? What's the common water to acid ratio that most folks use? How many minutes could I soak the mp in this solution? Would this discolor the mp? It's a standard hard rubber Vandoren B45.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 1999-10-19 19:40
We have discussed the mp and reed cleaning methods before, so I'll just repeat what I do, I use regular white vinegar which is 5% acetic acid in water, and an overnite soak doesn't seem to do any harm even to a good hard rubber mp, followed by a good rinsing with water. Most of the commonly available organic acids [citric in lemon and orange juices] are sufficiently dilute to be harmless, but I'd not use oxalic or other stronger ones without a dip-check on a mediocre mp! As to hydrogen peroxide, even in the commercially available 3-5% disinfectant strength, be careful! When something oxidizable is present, it releases "nacent" [single-atom] oxygen and it "goes-to-work" . I'd suggest just short-duration reed and mp disinfecting and judge the results. As to swabs, I use both chamois and silk, leaving the swab in the case[not in the cl] to humidify the pads and wood. Don
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-10-20 04:47
Don, maybe I can just add a little too much muriatic acid to my swimming pool and soak my mouthpiece there! 
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 1999-10-25 20:48
I have used hydrogen peroxide on my Vandoren B45 mouthpiece without any apparent problems. (I keep the cork dry though.) Although I realize that hard rubber and plastic are not the same material, note that hydrogen peroxide is sold in plastic bottles which would imply that there is no reaction between H2O2 and some types of plastic.
When using it on reeds, I always rinse the reeds off with water afterwards to remove any excess H2O2.
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