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Alcohol

Author: Volatile
Date: 2018-10-03 04:15

For what it's worth I saw this on that most reputable, haha site Youtube.A guy, who shall remain nameless and by the looks of his workbench, by the way he has 3600 subscribers says monthly maintenance should include swabbing the bore with rubbing alcohol. He also swabs from bell to barrel. I've actually read somewhere that the bore should be swabbed in the same direction that air flows through the instrument. He also, besides cleaning the mouthpiece with dish soap and water, runs a swab through the mouthpiece, which some people claim will change the dimensions of it. I'm not a musician, or plan on becoming one. I do not have access to a teacher, but think to change the internal dimensions of the mouth by pulling a silk pull through would take a plethora of swabs. I have been practicing for about a year just because I like to. I've also read alcohol will cause cracks in the horn. Thanks

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