{"id":4091,"date":"2018-06-20T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.omegasonics.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2018-11-30T03:09:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T03:09:52","slug":"musical-instrument-cleaning-ultrasonic-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/musical-instrument-repair\/musical-instrument-cleaning-ultrasonic-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Instrument Cleaning with Ultrasonic Cleaners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paige\u2019s Music<\/a>, a supplier of musical instruments as well as a musical instrument cleaning service for central Indiana, used to take 15-20 minutes or more to clean each instrument. The instruments brought to them usually came from its school rental program, which meant that these instruments were dirtier than the ones you might see from typical musicians.<\/p>\n

All year round, but especially during the school year, businesses like Paige\u2019s manage a steady flow of returned school-owned and privately-owned instruments requiring repair and cleaning\u2014as many as 3,000 per month.<\/p>\n

Their clients\u2014music directors, parents, and musicians\u2014expect to receive their instruments back in pristine condition. The old solution was simply to hand scrub using special brushes down into blind holes and crevices, using toxic chemicals such as chromic acid in order to make completely certain that the instrument was as clean as possible. Clearly, this was a situation in need of innovation.<\/p>\n

That innovation came knocking at Paige\u2019s Music\u2019s door one day when a salesman loaned them his ultrasonic blind cleaning machine as a favor. The staff at Paige\u2019s Music were amazed at how well and fast the unit cleaned. They were hooked\u2014and they decided to get their own machine from Omegasonics designed specifically to clean musical instruments.<\/p>\n

They worked with the Omegasonics team to customize machines to address their size, shape, space and power needs, and now, their two Omegasonics floor models and two table top machines are constantly in use and have transformed their business. A minimum of hand scrubbing only when needed, and no more dangerous chemicals.<\/p>\n

Instruments that used to take 15-20 minutes or more just to clean are now perfectly cleaned in 3-5 minutes. This increased efficiency has not only given them a great ROI, but also a distinct competitive advantage over other shops in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re doing any kind of volume, you can\u2019t afford not to have an ultrasonic unit in your shop,\u201d Tim Roethler, Director of Repair Services at Paige\u2019s Music, says. \u201cSince we started using ultrasonic cleaners for our musical instrument cleaning, our customers now expect and receive the highest level of service.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re doing things we couldn\u2019t do before, and even customers with instruments from competing shops are coming to us just for cleaning. We are getting so much extra business from using the ultrasonic machines, we don\u2019t need to charge an additional fee for this service.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, How Does an Ultrasonic Cleaner Work?<\/h2>\n

Omegasonics\u2019 ultrasonic cleaning technology<\/a>\u00a0is created by generators that produce high-frequency electricity. This electricity is then converted into sound waves through a transducer, which makes these waves vibrate. As these high-frequency sound waves travel through water, tiny vacuum bubbles form and repeatedly implode upon any surface they encounter, removing even microscopic dirt particles. These cavitation bubbles reach and clean grooves, cracks and hidden crevices on objects immersed in the liquid tank of the ultrasonic cleaning unit more effectively than alternative methods.<\/p>\n

Best of all, ultrasonic cleaning technology does not require toxic chemicals or hands-on work, and Omegasonics units use only water-based detergent solutions, which are better for the environment.<\/p>\n

Choosing the Right Omegasonics Musical Instrument Cleaner<\/h2>\n

Omegasonics offers units to fit nearly every size, power and cost requirement. Each one offers gentle, precision cleaning in less time than hand cleaning and easy setup. \u00a0Omegasonics\u2019 units can be designed to meet your specific needs, including to fit extra large and uniquely shaped instruments. For example, you can fit up to a \u00be tuba inside the Music Pro, but for a full tuba bell housing, you\u2019ll need the\u00a0Music Pro Plus<\/a>. If you want an even bigger musical instrument cleaner, Omegasonics can make you whatever you want. You give us your ideal size tank, and we will build it for you.<\/p>\n

All\u00a0Music Pro<\/a>\u00a0units come with a flushing system as a standard feature, so, while you are cleaning the instrument, you can flush it out at the same time. Filtration is also built in standard into each Music Pro cleaning unit\u2014this enables gunk and grime to be collected and discarded so that the detergent solution can be easily used again and again.<\/p>\n

The Music Pro comes standard as a 120V unit, and we can also offer the Music Pro Plus as a 120V, though it comes 208 volts standard. All Omegasonics ultrasonic cleaners are also warrantied 2 years against manufacturing defects.\u00a0Want to find out more about how Omegasonics can revolutionize your musical instrument cleaning business? Contact one of our ultrasonic cleaning consultants today at\u00a0Omegasonics<\/a>\u00a0or give our experts a call at (888) 420-4445.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What if musical instrument cleaning took less than half the time you used to? What if you didn\u2019t need to use dangerous chemicals anymore to dissolve grime and gunk?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3203,"featured_media":8158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"155","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Omegasonics has transformed musical instrument cleaning through its innovative ultrasonic cleaning units custom designed to clean thoroughly and efficiently","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,155,254,83],"tags":[253,401,93,34,402],"class_list":{"0":"post-4091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"category-musical-instrument-repair","9":"category-musical-instruments","10":"category-ultrasonic-cleaning-2","11":"tag-musical-instrument-cleaning","12":"tag-musical-instrument-cleaning-ultrasonic-cleaning","13":"tag-ultrasonic-cleaners","14":"tag-ultrasonic-cleaning","15":"tag-ultrasonic-musical-instrument-cleaning","16":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/014_Omegasonics_Blog_1000x772-Musical-Instrument-Cleaning-with-Ultrasonic-Cleaners-1.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/014_Omegasonics_Blog_1000x772-Musical-Instrument-Cleaning-with-Ultrasonic-Cleaners-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Steve T","author_link":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/author\/stevetomegasonics-com\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omegasonics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}