[TPIN] Re: Water Cleaning damages lacquer?

[Steve B]

I think you saw one testimonial here about a horn that
went uncleaned for years where the bore looked like my
arteries.  ;-)

When you consider that the difference between a medium
and extra-large bore is somewhere between .004 - .008
inches it doesn't take much build up of gunk to change
the horn's character.

Food particles can lead to growth of acid producing
bacteria that can lead to red-rot on the tubing.  This
can eventually lead to perforation.


--- John Ervin <jervin at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Why is cleaning a horn important, as long as it's
> cleaned often enough 
> not to smell bad or cause the valves to be
> frequently sluggish?  Does 
> not cleaning a horn cause actual damage to most
> horns? 
> 
> Sal Mauricio wrote:
> >  The main thing is to get kids to start cleaning
> (this is what we need to stress), and hope that it
> will continue for the rest of their playing career. 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TPIN mailing list
> TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu
> http://tpin.okcu.edu/mailman/listinfo/tpin
> 



      ____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page. 
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs