National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians<\/a>. NAPBIRT had long recommended ultrasonic cleaning as a better solution for thoroughly cleaning musical instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike researched ultrasound on the internet and found Omegasonics had the most user friendly system and that it would be easiest to set up in his shop without any additional electrical wiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saving Time and Money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Once set up in his shop, Mike found not only did ultrasound do a more thorough job of cleaning the instrument valves, mouthpieces and all internal passages, but the time savings was incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trumpets that used to take 45 minutes to 1 hour now took only 3 minutes. Flutes that consumed 30 \u2013 45 minutes were also now perfectly cleaned in 3 minutes. Mike states, \u201cSince going to ultrasound, I can now charge more money because I am providing my clients with a more sophisticated level of service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instruments are disassembled and every component is placed into a wire mesh basket and submerged in the ultrasonic unit, with the exception of the pads. Mouthpieces and valves are cleaned separately for increased intensity. With the water temperature set no hotter than 95\u00b0F to protect the lacquer finishes on the instruments, ultrasound is applied to the bath for a pre selected time\u2013all digitally controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though most instruments are completely submerged in the bath, Mike occasionally cleans tubas and sousaphones, which often require the bell to be cleaned separately. After cleaning, the components are rinsed off with water, blown dry, reassembled and oiled as necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike uses a small ultrasonic table top unit for handling some of the smaller parts and pieces he deals with so they don\u2019t fall through the larger mesh basket. Though Mike can\u2019t see with his eyes as most repair technicians can, his sense of feel allows him to be a more thorough technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Wizard isn\u2019t only a technician of the instruments but a technician of the ultrasonic machine. He knows exactly the ultrasonic amplitude setting, time, temperature and soap concentrations required for his projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike can\u2019t imagine ever going back to cleaning instruments the old way. He can\u2019t imagine how anyone in his industry continues to do the task by hand. In Mike\u2019s opinion \u201cI think there should be an ultrasonic machine in every music shop\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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