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Re: Reed mold removal

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2007-09-14 19:57

If those were my reeds, I'd toss them. Probably true that they've only got bread mold--but I don't eat moldy bread, either. Ick.

Living in humid Virginia, I know what you mean about the quick growth of mold. Since the reed case has a glass plate, see if you can take the case apart as much as possible and expose all the pieces to sunlight (rotating positions so that sun hits everywhere) for an hour or so. The sun will make sure the parts dry thoroughly after the cleaning and sunlight is the best mold-killer of all. If the reeds got moldy, odds are pretty good there are live mold spores in the clarinet case, too, so you might put the (washed) swab and the clarinet case outside and open to the sun, as well (empty, because the sun can damage the mouthpiece and the clarinet).

Lelia
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