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Re: Can my clarinet get mites from putting my mp on students clarinet?

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2015-08-24 18:02

I've bought several roached-out old clarinets ans saxophones at flea markets -- instruments that appeared to have sat around unplayed for decades and definitely had those mites (aka "pad-bugs") at one time or another, though I've found more dead fauna than live infestations. If it looks as if mites have made a buffet of the pads, even if I see no signs of live critters, I rip out the old pads and get rid of them before I ever bring the clarinet indoors, just in case. Then I do a thorough cleanup before I let an old clarinet or sax anywhere near the instruments I play. If the case is vintage and original, I wash it thoroughly if it's salvagable and dry it in sunlight, or gut the ruined old padding, wash the case thoroughly, dry it in sunlight, then re-line it. I've never had a pad-bug infestation from any of my old squeakers.

Lelia
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