How often do you clean your mouthpiece?

Chen · Post by **Chen** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:10 am

Personal hygience is a personal choice. I run water through the mp after I play EVERYTIME I play. I'm getting that spray alcohol thing, I'll use it after I flush the mp with water, just for extra protection. It's like using Listerine.

That said, there is ONE advantage NOT to wash your mouthpiece: you won't ever have to worry about somebody borrowing (or stealing) your mouthpiece.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:33 am

I think the alcohol spray or wipe down is a great idea. Thanks!
It shouldn't hurt a plastic Kelly mouthpiece.
We negotiate a sandwitch and three beers per picker at every bar and/or restaurant we play. Thank the Lord beer doesn't clog valves. We hope for a blackened grouper sandwitch but will settle for a burger. We order the food on our third set so we can eat on our last break-chug the final beer (we make the last one ice water for the loadout and drive home) and have time to hit the head for a mouth rinse (and...you know) before the last set.
I chem clean once a year and so far the old King has been playing open and clear.

Eupher6 · Post by **Eupher6** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:41 pm

Just a rinse with water a couple times a week, and I brush it through with a mouthpiece brush when I soak the horn and parts in the bathtub every couple of months or so.

My Besson 967 is remarkably intolerant of dirt and crud and bogs down long before the mouthpiece starts showing any signs of foreign biological critters.

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:58 pm

I have a LOUD stainless steele mouthpiece . I just rines it out after each use . With warm water when I have it .It stays clean as a whistle .