[Dixielandjazz] Germs in instruments

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I prefer folding trombone slides in thirds and putting them in the microwave 
for three or four minutes
Cornets will usually fit without folding as will clarinets.  Reduce the time 
by about a minute.  Drums usually don't need to be sanitized ( depending on 
the drummer) but drumsticks can be put in with the clarinets.  Tubas usually 
won't fit in the microwave however Drano works.  Banjos are sanitized and 
tuned at the factory and need little care in this regard although a little 
Febreze helps.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve & Cathy Pendleton" <bestofbreed at alltel.net>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:40 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Germs in instruments


> Give me a bleeping break about the germs!  For brass, run sanitizer 
> through
> the horn!!!  Then rinse with hot water.  Better yet, run 140 degree-plus
> water through the thing for two minutes, or lay the instrument in a bath 
> of
> boiling water for the same timeframe.  I don't know anything about the
> woodwinds, but they are constructed in a straight line, with one 90-degree
> bend in case of the saxes and bass clarinet--complete the same exercise.
>
> I have an idea, anyone who wants to join me in this "instrument 
> sanitizing"
> nonsense, write me and we will develop a marketing/implementation plan for
> the schools in our respective areas, and perhaps we can quit our day
> jobs!!!!!
>
>
> Steve Pendleton
>
> A wee bit North of Atlanta
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