David's Tip of the Day: Sticky Windsavers - Part 3

Following the advice of Sissi Jones ("Sissi Jones Interview – Hohner Chromatic Service Tech" on the Equipment Page) use a small strip from a brown paper bag and place the strip between the lower and upper windsavers. With slight pressure from your thumb, push downward on the windsaver sandwich as you pull the strip out. This strip works as a slight abrasive and cleans the material causing them to stick that was between the two windsavers that was. Interestingly enough, this is the same process used by band instrument repairman to clean the pads of instruments such as clarinets and saxophones (though rolling paper for cigarettes was the recommended material of choice when I was an apprentice).