Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-12-18 12:50
Bob Draznik wrote,
>Orange peels get moldy in the case......and the mold gets into everything that's in the case including your pads and reeds and swab...>
True. Some of the nastiest, stinkiest clarinets I've found at flea markets and yard sales have had the remains of orange peels in the cases -- usually along with insect remains. The aromatic and then rotting peels attract the insects as the case slowly deteriorates and starts to leak air. The tiniest crack will let critters in. If you do use orange peels and you're actively practicing or playing with a group, you'll probably change the peels often -- nobody would deliberately leave rotting fruit peels in a case -- but I think the trouble starts because hardly anybody makes a conscious decision to quit playing, or to quit playing that particular instrument. Someone buys a better clarinet and just sort of forgets about the old one; or means to get back to practicing any day now, but the day just sort of doesn't arrive. Meanwhile, the orange peels turn into rotting garbage. I think it's safer to use a Humistat or a Dampit with plain water, not something with sugars and aromatic compounds in it.
Lelia
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