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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recorders and other instruments in the school band were shared when I was at school in the 1970's. They were never cleaned. I played recorder and clarinet and the mouthpieces were always smelly but I just got used to it. It never caused me any health problems using mouthpieces that had been in others kids mouths and I never even wiped them let alone washed them before I played them. People worry too much thesedays in my opinion, but I understand that it isn't nice playing smelly instruments and I admit that it made me feel sick a couple of times even though I would just put on a brave face infront of other boys in ny class. and put the mouthpiece in my mouth. I remember my best friend passing me his recorder to play once and the mouthpiece stank but I just put it in my mouth and got on with practicing so as not to offend him. Ah those were the days! Everyone worries too much about germs etc thesedays![/quote]

Actually you are quite correct. I remember in my school days too, friends who forgot to bring their recorders would borrow mine and I borrowed theirs. And yeah, she could blow into it first and right thereafter, I would just put it straight into my mouth. We didn't worry about germs, saliva etc. There was no washing, dipping into solutions etc. The same was with band! And if you didn't bring your own, you would just borrow one from the teacher which she kept in a basket free for all to take too. They are never washed, blown by many kids, teethmarks and all and stank to high heavens but we still played them anyway!

Nowadays, its like a crime to share even a drink with your best friend or a sister. My dd wouldn't even want to touch her sisters recorder or her drink![/quote]

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