[Trombone-l] Dark Stuff

[Stan Brager]

Chris;

I thought algae required light in order to propagate. In any event, I find
it only when I forget to clean the slides on a regular basis - about once a
week.

Stan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Tune" <crtune at adelphia.net>
To: <thetubameister at adelphia.net>; "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
Cc: "Trombone-L" <TROMBONE-L at server5.SAMFORD.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Dark Stuff


> It 's gotta be organic.  Whether green, light green or whatever probably
has
> to do with oxidation (rusting) in the brass on the inside of the tubing.
> Algae may very well be what this stuff is primarily.    It seems to grow
in
> there even if you are very careful to not eat and play your horn.   Then
> there is me--I just DON'T CARE.  And I get a pretty outstanding bunch of
> this YUCK each time I clean.
>
> YUCK.  That is what I'd call it.  Really seems to suit the stuff.
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <thetubameister at adelphia.net>
> To: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
> Cc: "Trombone-L" <TROMBONE-L at server5.SAMFORD.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Dark Stuff
>
>
> > "Trombone Yogurt"
> >
> > J.c.S.
> > ---- Stan Brager <sbrager at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> >> 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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