[Dixielandjazz] Germs in instruments

[Stan Brager]

Good information, Larry. However, would there be a problem when the banjo
player drools on the head of the banjo?

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: "Steve & Cathy Pendleton" <bestofbreed at alltel.net>;
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Germs in instruments


> 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
>
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> > 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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