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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't "suck in" a recorder? I had my own recorder but it didn't take long for me to master and I had to move to the alto recorder (bigger) I also had the same problem and had to blow out or shake the recorder hard. But I couldn't wash it!

I was also paired with this girl that used it one class before me and would always fill the recorder with spit and not wipe it down with the clean stick. She would also chew the mouth piece big time! From a brand new recorder, Week after week, the recorder smelt worse and worse and her deep teethmarks just keep getting more! I asked the teacher if we could wash it and she did it once but she didn't let it dry and it was even more awful for a month! By the end of the term, it was really bad and the recorder looked like it was used for 10 years by 100 hungry kids. But it was just both of us! The tooth marks really got to me and you can see like a constant wearing of the mouthpiece where her teeth bit from the top and then slid across the mouthpiece to the bottom. It is still vivid in my head and there were these 4 "deep tracks" running on the mouthpiece. I went to her class once to tell her but she just shrugged and said she would try. No difference! And like your bully, her spit was still there and seemed like even more than before! Just an overall awful experience.

I then went to band and it was the same thing. Smelly clarinet and I was first provided a mouthpiece in the same horrific condition. But at least I could then buy my own mouthpiece. But it still stank.

So if possible get your own recorder. Especially the soprano ones. And teach your kids not to bite them!!![/quote]

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