 Topic: burnt flute-how to clean
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sharonmarrell
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| Posted: January.13.07 at 4:55pm | IP Logged
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Does anyone know the fastest and easiest way to clean a flute that was in a fire? black on the inside and intermitant black on the outside.
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Sharon Marrell
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| Posted: January.14.07 at 10:48pm | IP Logged
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That's a tough one. Don't know how charred it is but I know when I go camping and put a metal bowl over a fire, it takes steel wool to get the black soot off. My guess is a good buffing and/or hand ragging on the outside and a good polishing of the bore.
For the bore, wrap some cloth around a dowel rod, put some tripoli on it, put it in the flute, and then chuck the rod in a lathe. Hold the flute tightly!
If you don't have a lathe and are more daring, put some tripoli on a cloth, wrap it on a tuning rod, chuck the tuning rod in the bench motor and run the cloth in the flute.
Did all the solder joints survive the fire?
Michelle
Note: Sharon is a repair tech. I do not recommend the bore polishing for non-techs! It can be dangerous.
Edited by admin on January.14.07 at 11:08pm
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