How to take care of your instruments and accessories
When you have a cold, probably the last thing you will want to do is get your instrument out and start playing. However, sometimes you don’t have much choice. If you’ve got a concert to play in and you end up being ill on the day, you might have to play whether you like it or not. But how is playing through a cold likely to affect your playing?
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As a woodwind player, you might find that sometimes you blow down your instrument and it makes a bubbly sound when a certain key (or multiple keys) is pressed. This can be frustrating, especially when it happens without warning while you’re in the middle of playing. However, there are things you can do to help prevent this, and also things you can do to get rid of it once it’s happened.
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It can be hard to find somewhere to keep your instruments, especially if they’re big ones. Sometimes you might have what would be the perfect space size-wise but it’s near a radiator or in a warm environment. It’s worth knowing whether it’s ok to leave instrument in this kind of environment and what some possible consequences might be.
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When you buy an instrument, it can be hard to know how often it needs to be serviced. It might be that some instruments need more servicing than others depending on things like their age, or you might just never have played an instrument before and so have no idea how to look after it. Getting your instruments serviced regularly can be expensive, so it’s important to know to what extent it’s actually necessary.
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This post will talk about easy cleaning options for saxophone and clarinet mouthpieces. Loads of places tell you how to keep your mouthpiece clean and talk about how you need to wash it out regularly, but it’s often more difficult to find out how to clean it when it’s really disgusting! I’m going to assume you haven’t cleaned your mouthpiece for months (or longer!!) and talk about the easiest way to get it clean, with hardly any effort!
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