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Author: rhino
Date: 2015-05-15 20:58
The potential dangers of eating or drinking from leaded crystal are well-known. I would like to know how many micrograms of lead I can absorb from playing a crystal mouthpiece. Saliva is slightly acidic. It is conceivable the lead could leach out into the mouth and be absorbed or swallowed.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2015-05-15 22:27
Well I have been playing a Vandoren crystal mouthpiece daily for in excess of 35 years and haven't noticed anything untoward yet. Of course there is no telling what might happen in another 35 years but since I shall be in excess of 110 by then I don't feel too worried.
What are the potential dangers of eating or drinking from leaded crystal - any dangers are not well known (or even known) to me.
I would have thought that the lead used in the manufacture of the crystal glass was well embedded in the structure of the glass.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-05-15 23:02
You can't put leaded crystal mouthpieces in a microwave.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: donald
Date: 2015-05-16 02:52
The reminds me of the colleague who told me not to write on my reeds with a pencil "because of the lead". Oh dear.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-05-16 04:43
Drinking wine from leaded crystal glasses is not dangerous. The amount of lead dissolved out is submicroscopic. The danger comes from cognac or liqueur sold in leaded crystal decanters and remaining there for many years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass.
I've never heard of anyone harmed by using a crystal mouthpiece.
Ken Shaw
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2015-05-16 11:50
> I've never heard of anyone harmed by using a crystal
> mouthpiece.
Except you play marching, stumble and poke your eye out.
(but I think this is uncommon, and not inherently a crystal mouthpiece problem...)
--
Ben
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2015-05-16 12:48
>> You can't put leaded crystal mouthpieces in a microwave. <<
That's why I stopped using them...
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2015-05-16 21:25
If you have a leaded crystal mouthpiece, do not eat it, cooked or raw!
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2015-05-16 22:06
Ken:
In reading the reference you provide, perhaps it would be a good idea to let your leaded crystal mouthpiece soak in white wine for a few months before using it. Put the mouthpiece in an appropriate sized container. Get a large container of white wine. Pour in enough to cover the mouthpiece and drink the rest. By the time you remember that you have a crystal mouthpiece, it will have leached enough of the lead near the crystal/wine interface that it is ready to use without worry.
Actually, your tolerance to Pb increases with age. While restoring an antique boat, I had my Pb level checked due to my removal of lead based paint. Even using an air line mask, my level was elevated and the Health Department called to find out what was going on. Had I been a teen or younger, the level would have been alarming and I would have probably needed to undergo chelation. However, being an antique myself, they expressed no particular concern. Or, maybe, they just figured that I had one foot in the ground already so why worry.
Post Edited (2015-05-16 22:20)
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2015-05-16 22:24
In old measure, a hogshead is about 63 gallons and a butt is two hogsheads. Given that, perhaps a butt load of white wine would be the appropriate amount to use.
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Author: Wisco99
Date: 2015-05-16 22:29
The danger comes from cognac or liqueur sold in leaded crystal decanters and remaining there for many years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass.
Does this mean using a crystal mouthpiece with my finger in the bottom as a shot glass should be safe?
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