Monday, September 15, 2014

The Process Of Brass And Woodwind Sterilization

By Jody Leach


In order to play a wind instrument, one would have to blow into the instrument using his mouth all the time. However, the thing about wind instruments is that they may build up bacteria which would make them quite harmful for one to blow. It is for this reason that this type of instrument would need regular brass and woodwind sterilization.

Now when one would want to clean this thing, he would have to take note that not every part has to be cleaned. He only needs to clean one part of the instrument and that part would be the mouthpiece because this is where one would blow. Of course to do this, he will be needing the necessary materials.

Now basically, one would just need a few materials in order to get the job done. Now one would just need one bottle of rubbing alcohol, some specially made disinfectant, a clean cloth, and a cup that has some hot water inside. Now if one would want to know how to get the disinfectant, then he would just need to check his local music store.

So the first part of the process would be to actually spray some of the disinfectant on a clean cloth. From there, he would have to use the cloth to wipe the mouthpiece all around and make sure that the disinfectant would reach all places. Of course he should also make sure that the disinfectant would even reach the inside.

The next thing that one has to do would be to douse that part with some alcohol. Now it is very important that one would do this because he has to kill all the bacteria that is there. To do this, it is better to douse the clean cloth with some alcohol and wipe the mouthpiece so that it can thoroughly kill the bacteria and the germs that are there.

Now after that, one has to now get that glass that is filled with hot water and get some soap. After he has done this, then he should make sure that he would put a little bit of soap inside. After he does that, he should mix the soap and let the mouthpiece soak in there for a few minutes probably around fifteen.

After the fifteen minutes are already up, then one has to now rinse the soap off the instrument. Now he has to make sure to rinse it properly otherwise there will still be a lot of substances that would be left behind from all the cleaning. After he has already done the rinsing, then he may now wipe the water off and keep it.

So if one owns this type of instrument, he has to make sure that he cleans it this way regularly. This is done so that his hygiene will not be affected because reusing that thing over and over again without cleaning it will spread germs around. So he should probably clean it around once or twice in a week as to avoid any build up of bacteria or germs.




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