[Trombone-l] Dark Stuff

[Stan Brager]

OK, Dave, I'll take a closer look the next time I clean it. It may be dark
green slime. Regardless of color, is it part of the process of the brass
oxidizing?

Stan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David W. Buckley" <davebuckley at cogeco.ca>
To: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>; "Trombone-L"
<TROMBONE-L at server5.SAMFORD.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Dark Stuff


> Gee green slime comes out of mine when I clean it, not dark stuff. The
sound
> doesn't seem as good without the green slime either.
>
> How do you get dark stuff?
>
> dave Buckley.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
> To: "Trombone-L" <TROMBONE-L at server5.SAMFORD.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:03 PM
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Dark Stuff
>
>
> > As I was cleaning my horn this morning, I pondered about the dark stuff
> > which came out of the end of the tubes. Since there's not much talk
about
> > it, the dark stuff is probably not damaging to the lungs. But what is it
> > exactly? Is it a fungus? or a colony of bacteria? is it the "dark
matter"
> > between the stars? or something else?
> >
> > Is there any scientific knowledge about the dark stuff?
> >
> > Thanks;
> >
> > Stan
> > Stan "it hasn't killed me yet" Brager
> > Trombonist-in-Training
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