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linggar
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 Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:49 am Post subject: How likely cleaned used trumpet to carry disease? |
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Hi trumpet heralds,
So I decided to start learning trumpet and just bought my very first preloved trumpet, I'm wondering how likely a home cleaned trumpet to still carry disease if any or do I need to get it chemically cleaned before I start practicing?
I'm a bit concerned but also can't wait to start practicing. |
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iiipopes
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Fuggedabowdit. Rinse and dry the mouthpiece and play.
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Brad361
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I doubt that disease would be an issue, but you can get a pretty good idea of how clean it is just by looking down the leadpipe, pulling slides and looking into them and removing the valves. If I see a lot of crud in a horn I bought used I generally have it ultrasonically cleaned. If it looks pretty clean I give it a bath anyway. Not really worried about diseases, I just want to get whatever the last owner blew into it OUT.
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dstdenis
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Just give it a good cleaning at home with dish detergent, rinse, let dry, then lube and reassemble.
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Euphanasia
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: How likely cleaned used trumpet to carry disease? |
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| linggar wrote: | Hi trumpet heralds,
So I decided to start learning trumpet and just bought my very first preloved trumpet, I'm wondering how likely a home cleaned trumpet to still carry disease if any or do I need to get it chemically cleaned before I start practicing?
I'm a bit concerned but also can't wait to start practicing. |
Brass seems to be pretty good at killing off microbes and other nasties. I once picked up a "barn find" euphonium on eBay that was resisting my attempts to blow it out with compressed air. After awhile, there was a "pop" and a mummified swallow shot out of the bell. No smell, no rot, just a little bird corpse. |
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1jazzyalex
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Brass/copper (copper is in brass) kills germs and silver does too.
Ugh your little bird reminds me of finding a dead seagull out in front of my shop the other day. When I picked it up, it was very light! I believe it had died on the roof a while back and dried out up there, and the recent strong winds blew it down. It was essentially taxidermied by the modern method where they just freeze-dry the animal. 
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razeontherock
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: How likely cleaned used trumpet to carry disease? |
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| Euphanasia wrote: | | linggar wrote: | Hi trumpet heralds,
So I decided to start learning trumpet and just bought my very first preloved trumpet, I'm wondering how likely a home cleaned trumpet to still carry disease if any or do I need to get it chemically cleaned before I start practicing?
I'm a bit concerned but also can't wait to start practicing. |
Brass seems to be pretty good at killing off microbes and other nasties. I once picked up a "barn find" euphonium on eBay that was resisting my attempts to blow it out with compressed air. After awhile, there was a "pop" and a mummified swallow shot out of the bell. No smell, no rot, just a little bird corpse. |
Was that an African swallow, or European? |
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