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disinfecting keywork

Author: alto gether
Date: 2012-02-03 21:50

Honest, I did due diligence! There are hundreds of posts about disinfecting mouthpieces, but not an awful lot about keywork.

Last weekend I was at a music camp which enjoyed a severe norovirus outbreak. My symptoms didn't start until I'd got home, but now there's this great big contra alto clarinet just teeming with the little monsters. We're cleaning bathroom and kitchen surfaces and doorknobs and computer keyboards and all like that.

Of course I'll clean my mouthpiece, but how do I depopulate all of the keys? From the mouthpiece articles, I gather that is dangerous to hard rubber and presumably to Ebonite. Take a hot soapy shower with my horn? Anything at all more effective than slowly and carefully going over one key at a time with dish soap? I suppose the pads don't spread microorganisms unless I touch them - is that a safe assumption?

Thanks!//Zeke

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Re: disinfecting keywork

Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2012-02-04 08:12

Viruses hate dryness. It should suffice to wipe the keys with a mild disinfectant (there are special wipes similar to what you get in finger food restaurants) and then let the instrument thoroughly dry on a stand.

--
Ben

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