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Sanitation and your instrument

Author: SonicManEXE
Date: 2018-04-28 19:39

Hello all,

After a few days of not feeling well, I went to the doctor and discovered that I have strep throat. I've been wondering this for years, because not only am I currently playing two clarinets (alto and bass) that belong to my school and have had many players on them over the years, but even in high school the bass clarinet players complained about unpleasant smells coming from the two good bass clarinets that all of them would share. This is a topic I only hear brass players talk about, and while the process for a clarinet is probably very different, I would still love to get as much information as I can get. This recent development in my health has prompted me to finally ask: what do you do to clean a clarinet?

I'm not talking about making the instrument look nice (although I'm sure that could be a side-effect), I'm talking about making sure there's nothing nasty going on in the bore. Obviously cleaning equipment (mouthpieces, swabs, not using discolored reeds, etc.) will help, but what can you do to make sure the actual instrument is clean? I'm more specifically looking for what you would use in the neck of a larger clarinet, as well as the body of any clarinet.

Thank you all.

Jared
Ft. Lauderdale & Tampa, FL

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Re: Sanitation and your instrument

Author: Caihlen
Date: 2018-04-28 20:17

http://jennyclarinet.com/2018/04/how-to-disinfect-your-clarinet-after-youve-been-sick/

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Re: Sanitation and your instrument

Author: Adrian_B-flat
Date: 2018-05-01 09:01

Reading that post and the referenced website in conjunction with seeing some of the advertising that's been showing up on Facebook for me, it has me wondering-

How well would it work out to disinfect/sanitize stuff like reeds and mouthpieces using one of the devices assocated to disinfection/sanitization of CPAP machines? The two kinds I've seen are:

Ones that emit ozone to kill germs etc...and it runs ozone through your machine and against your CPAP mask (I think you put the mask in an enclosed bag...which is where I was theorizing you could put mouthpieces/reeds/whatever) or...

One where you put the mask and/or your water chamber into a drawer that closes and you expose the equipment to UV-C(?) light to kill germs. The advertising says you can put other stuff into the drawer to sanitize those as well.

Anyway, I own neither of those devices but the thought of sanitizing stuff using one of those devices did intrigue me. Has anyone tried it and seen if exposure to ozone or UV light damages mouthpieces and reeds?

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