Author: Dutchy
Date: 2005-04-13 16:04
1. When I kiss someone, I know who he is. And where he lives. And something of his past medical history.  But if I kiss the person who made my reed, I'm kissing a total stranger. Which I realize *some* people have no problem with, or else we wouldn't have pickup bars.
Your immune system doesn't take care of cold sores, herpes, influenza, or AIDS, Ken. All of which you can get by kissing people.
It doesn't take care of staph germs, either, which you don't have to kiss someone to get: you can pick up a staph infection from cold, inanimate surfaces like bathroom counters. Or, presumably, oboe reeds. Which is why I was asking whether reedmakers customarily sterilize their product before they ship it out.
2. Dipping something in water and "wiping it off" doesn't serve to disinfect it, or sanitize it. Plain water will not kill bacteria or viruses. You need disinfectant to do that, like bleach or Lysol.
What happens if you dip reeds in, say, a 10% bleach solution? Anybody know?
Things are coming along nicely, Susan, thank you for asking.  I have now progressed to where I have quit doing pages 4 and 5 in the Essential Elements book because they're too easy, which is progress. Now my goal is to be able to get all the way through page 6A and its positively brutal "Go Tell Aunt Rhodie" without having to stop and rest.
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