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Author: Benny
Date: 2000-10-28 12:48
Hello. I have noticed a foul taste in my saxophone mouthpiece (Selmer C*) when I was playing my sax for about the last week or so. I think something might be growing in it. Can anybody tell me how to sterilize it? (I've never needed to do this before so I don't know how to do it.) Thanks!
Benny
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Author: Todd H.
Date: 2000-10-28 15:00
Hey Benny! Wash that mouthpiece in warm soapy water. You may need to soak it in vinegar to help break up the deposits on it also. Do this weekly! Dry your mouthpiece VERY GENTLY with a cloth or mouthpiece mouse after playing too, the nasties need moisture to breed in, so don,t let them set up housekeeping inside your mouthpiece again. Also do a search of this BBoard re: cleaning mouthpiece for some really excellent advice.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-10-28 15:11
Just a cautionary note. The water should be just luke warm. Hot water could warp your mouthpiece.
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Author: William
Date: 2000-10-30 14:51
To clean my mps, clarinet and sax (and they are expensive professional models, metal and hard rubber), I soak them, tip-first, in a shot glass filled with straight Lime-Away, up to the base of the window, for about five minutes. I never immerse the cork. Then, I rinse them in cool water, wipe the beaks with a paper towell (not the facing) to get the ugly "grunge" off and then wash the interior chambers with mild, soapy water and a mp brush being careful not to scratch the facing. Air dry and they come out like new. You shold clean your mps regularily to keep them from growing bad smelling colonies and to keep the "lime" from building up. Also, be sure to store your reeds in a reed holder where they can dry flat after use--DO NOT leave them on the mp. Happy clarineting and good luck.
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2000-10-30 16:35
Hydrogen peroxide, cheaply available at your pharmacy or the pharmaceutical section of you grocery store, is good for sterilizing reeds and mouthpieces. As with other things, it's probably best to not soak the cork. Some people advocate diluting the peroxide with water. Rinse the excess off the mouthpiece or reed when done.
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Author: Robert Gifford
Date: 2000-10-31 00:52
I agree with Don, Hydrogen Peroxide works... I also use Lysol Disenfectant Spray sometimes, but make sure you wash it out with water afterwards otherwise you would end up with a nasty Lysol taste.
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Author: spencer
Date: 2000-10-31 23:14
my self i use a small spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol and i spray this on the whole thing except the cork and dry it out with a kleenex and if you do this every time you play it wont get that nasty build up or gross smell>
spencer
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Author: Bob
Date: 2001-11-15 20:58
I use Listerine but,of course, it doesn't remove lime. For lime, vinegar can work.
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