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Author: Jason
Date: 2001-02-20 03:50
What is the best method for cleaning your mouthpiece. I've been running a silk swab thru mine, but I've read some articles that say you should clean with soup and water. Any and all help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jason
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-02-20 10:50
Denture cleaner or white vinegar have been suggested to remove thos whitish calcium deposits.
Savacol or alcohol may be best for bugs.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-02-20 11:58
Soap and water for your own mouthpiece should be sufficient to keep it clean.
I have been advised not to run anything through the bore, but a silk swab seems a good compromise.
For older ones with scale build-up, I have tried a dilute solution of "Lime-away" overnight. It really worked well.
There are some competing notions about bleach, but it gets my green ones nicer and NO DOUBT kills the bugs.
Bottom line, soap and water without a brush should be enought to keep your rig clean.
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Author: Doug P
Date: 2001-02-20 14:24
White Vinegar and a very small children's toothbrush work well for scrubbing away any build-up. Just be very careful around the table, rails and tip.
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Author: Sara
Date: 2001-02-21 01:33
My teacher has always told me that nothin' but silk and mild soap and water should be used to clean your mouthpiece.
Sara
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-02-21 05:42
Anji wrote:I have been advised not to run anything through the bore.
If the player does not wash mouthpiece each time, this may be a bad habit.
A Japanese professinal clarinetist went to a high school to teach special courses.
He was astonished when he looked into mouthpiece bore and found there is full of
food debris on the bore wall. A bore cloth may decrease the wall 1/00 microns
each time but hygene is more important. He said to the pupil.
This is a story I read in a reed book written by him(Mr.Denda).
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-02-21 12:00
I have also been advised to keep my mouthpiece out of my 'Bento' box.
I think the real reason American elementary players are given plastic mouthpieces is that they are VERY smooth and little adheres to the interior.
I suspect that really young kids, the world over, are not making hygeine a high priority.
Kidding aside, anything going throught the bore frequently will begin to change the dimensions of the bore. Shaking it out after playing and giving it a weekly bath should really be sufficient, unless the player has French fries on the bandstand.
anji
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-02-22 08:14
"....anything going throught the bore frequently will begin to change the dimensions of the bore"
I think that is about as relevant as saying, "any regular walking along your concrete path will begin to make a channel down the middle of the path"
Sure!!! After maybe 300 years. So what! I'd be more worried about wearing away my teeth by brushing them, even without tooth paste.
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