Friday, May 22, 2015

Basic Do It Yourself Brass And Woodwind Sterilization

By Tammie Caldwell


You need to take good care of your precious musical instruments. A real musician treats his or her instruments like a baby. Woodwinds are some of the most attention seeking instruments. If you are not playing them for a few days or weeks, you need to clean them through a do it yourself sterilization process. This will be outlined in this article so read on.

Musicians also need to have good hygiene. If they get sick, they will not be able to properly play music. Flute, saxophone, brass, and trumpet are examples and they have mouthpiece where the air being blown from the mouth travels to the instrument to produce beautiful music. Brass and woodwind sterilization Woodruff, WI has practical recommendations for cleaning.

Bacteria can build up in the mouthpiece. Hence, this is the part that needs your constant attention. You have to sterilize it each time you are planning to play. You cannot sterilize the whole instrument, just the piece. But you can wipe the other parts with cloth and disinfectants.

Regularly clean your instrument especially the mouthpiece. It could be really dirty. You have to gather first all the needed materials like alcohol, cloth, mouthpiece disinfectant, soap, and one cup of hot water which is use for the sterilization part. Be warned about the hot surface of the cup and the hot water itself. If it will spill, you are in deep trouble.

Once you got them all, start with the cloth and the special disinfectant immediately. Pour a small amount to the cloth and wipe it to the piece. Thoroughly wipe it so that all corners are treated. This can be found in music shops so it should be easy to find them.

After this, it is time for the alcohol disinfectant. This shall remove all the bacteria and will kill them. If woodwinds are not played for some time, it can accumulate a lot of harmful dirt and germs that can cause respiratory and bacterial infections. The price of the materials is far cheaper than the price of medicines and doctor consultation if ever.

You can now begin with the sterilization. Get the cup of hot water. Be very careful. Then soak the soap and mix in. Then immediately soak the mouthpiece. Do this for twenty minutes maximum or fifteen minutes minimum. You may also take it out as soon as the water starts to cool a bit.

Then get one more clean and dry piece of cloth. Wipe it dry as well as the other parts of the instrument. This needs to be germ free before even attempting to put it in your mouth and play. As much as possible, keep disinfecting and sterilizing. These are the basic simple things you must remember.

You also have to do this as a basic before and after care. The life of a musical device can be longer not only because of the brand but because if how it is taken care of. Dirt can affect sound being produced.




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