Being a wind instrument player requires one to be extra clean because he will be putting his mouth on the mouthpiece every time he plays. Of course he would not want to put his mouth on a mouthpiece that has not been cleaned for days as this is just plain unhygienic. Of course in order to keep his little instrument clean, he would have to do a brass and woodwind sterilization.
Now one does not actually need to sterilize the entire thing as it will not really be necessary. The part that he would really need to clean up regularly would actually be the mouthpiece because this is where one will be placing his mouth. So the very first step would be to gather some things for the job.
Basically, there are pretty much only four things that one would be needing for this type of job. These four things are a bottle of alcohol, a special mouthpiece disinfectant, a clean cloth, and of course a cup filled with hot water. Now for the mouthpiece disinfectant, usually music stores would be selling them just in case one would need a bottle.
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 from there, one would now have to get the cup of hot water and get himself a bar of soap. He now has to put a little bit of the soap inside the water and mix them all together. Once he has already mixed the two substances together, then he now has to soak the mouthpiece in there for a few minutes maybe around ten.
Now after one has soaked the instrument in the hot water and soap mix, then he has to rinse the instrument. He can do this by putting it under a faucet and let the running water take away all of the remaining substances that are there. Once one feels like the instrument is already clean, then he can wipe it off with a cloth.
So basically, those are the steps that one should take if he would want to clean his wind instrument. Now he has to do this regularly if he would want to keep it clean from any harmful germs or bacteria. He should probably do this around once or twice a week depending on how often he would play his instrument.
Now one does not actually need to sterilize the entire thing as it will not really be necessary. The part that he would really need to clean up regularly would actually be the mouthpiece because this is where one will be placing his mouth. So the very first step would be to gather some things for the job.
Basically, there are pretty much only four things that one would be needing for this type of job. These four things are a bottle of alcohol, a special mouthpiece disinfectant, a clean cloth, and of course a cup filled with hot water. Now for the mouthpiece disinfectant, usually music stores would be selling them just in case one would need a bottle.
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 from there, one would now have to get the cup of hot water and get himself a bar of soap. He now has to put a little bit of the soap inside the water and mix them all together. Once he has already mixed the two substances together, then he now has to soak the mouthpiece in there for a few minutes maybe around ten.
Now after one has soaked the instrument in the hot water and soap mix, then he has to rinse the instrument. He can do this by putting it under a faucet and let the running water take away all of the remaining substances that are there. Once one feels like the instrument is already clean, then he can wipe it off with a cloth.
So basically, those are the steps that one should take if he would want to clean his wind instrument. Now he has to do this regularly if he would want to keep it clean from any harmful germs or bacteria. He should probably do this around once or twice a week depending on how often he would play his instrument.
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