Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-06-05 17:04
Now don't let us get over board with all that yucky things that might (or might not) reside in the sockets of our clarinets.
First of all, you're blowing the air away from you, so you're not actively ingesting those germs. Second, what attacks you on a busy Saturday in a busy shopping mall is probably far, far worse. Third, they are most certainly germs that our immune system is familiar with (I'd think we're the ones who inadvertedly put them there in those nicks, crannies and sockets in the first place)
However, common sense would suggest that stuff that accumulates tends to get stationary and increasingly difficult to remove. Plus, as stated above, cork doesn't like to stay compressed over extended periods of time and will deteriorate. Disassembling the clarinet and cleaning the sockets is an additional two minute task and might save you from having your corks replaced prematurely. I think our instruments should be worth that bit of daily care, be they wooden, plasticky or made from metal.
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Ben
Post Edited (2010-06-05 17:05)
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