Since the school year is just getting started I thought this would be a good time to issue a warning about band instruments. The woodwind instruments seem to be at the top of the list for a malady known as "Saxophone Lung",but it can happen with other instruments as well. Mold collects in the instruments over time and causes inflammation of the lung tissue. The fix is easy enough and simple too,clean the instrument! Especially band students using instruments on loan. Imagine if you will one case study of "Saxophone lung" who played in a Dixie band and hadn't cleaned his clarinet in over 30 years! A perfect example of courting disaster...or trouble at the very least.
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