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Author: Eric B.
Date: 2004-06-16 22:31
Is it ok to use a little bleach to sanitize my clarinet mouthpiece? I use my sax during football season because i'm afraid of what will happen to my clarinet outside. People in my band that play the clarinet say that they never have problems w/ their clarinet outside but SOME of them had plastic( which were the ones who used school clarinets). But anyway , my sax plays just fine in the cold and here in minnesota around homecoming, the temp. is horribly cold, at least about 25-30 degrees and i was wondering should i take my chances and play my wood clarinet anyway? because i don't have a plastic one.
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Author: Carolyn
Date: 2004-06-17 02:19
I don't see why bleach should be a problem, as long as it doesn't get on the cork. I usually soak my sax mouthpieces in a cup of warm water with one of those denture cleaner tablets in it (I usually use Polident). You might want to try that!
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Author: Carolyn
Date: 2004-06-17 02:20
Just to add on, I wouldn't risk playing a wooden clarinet outside, especially with drastic temperature changes like that...stick with the sax
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2004-06-17 03:02
if you go out when temperatures are cold with a wooden clarinet, through it in the fire, that'll be about all it's worth. plastic clarinets are fine in cold temperatures, plastic doesn't warp in cold, and if you have a reson, that doesn't either. wood warps with temperature differences, and moisture differences. bleach is corrosive, and probably wouldn't be a good idea, since you shouldn't ingest bleach, and a mouthpice goes into your mouth. there are steralizing cleanings and sprays you can use, and you can also use soap, and hot water, don't boil, it might warp the mouthpiece, and it could discolour the mouthpiece. hope this helps.
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Author: D
Date: 2004-06-17 04:25
yeah my teacher has this horible story where she goes from her practise room to the concert hall to play her colledge graduating senior solo recital with her teachers best wood clarinet and crystal mouth piece, both crack with the change from room to outside to concert hall and she had to borrow a diferient one. so with that in mind i would say don't bring a wood clarinet outside (or a crystal mouth piece )
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Author: (_!_)
Date: 2004-06-17 21:58
poor baby 25-30 degrees :( THAT'S MY SUMMER brrrrr its soooooooo cold. in fact that's really warm or even hot 30 degrees it a roast i've played outside in -1 with lots of wind don't worry about you instrument in hot weather
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Author: dboe
Date: 2004-06-18 15:01
whoever (_!_) is...Eric B was probably referring to farenheit temperature measurements, meaning that 30F equals about -3C.
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Author: Derek
Date: 2004-06-22 01:46
NO, never ever bring a wood clarinet out in the cold, they don't like it and tend to crack and split. This makes for a very unhappy clarinet player.
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