Cadenza Music - Ultrasonic Cleaning

Cadenza Music Now Features Ultrasonic Instrument Cleaning!

Brass instruments get dirty. The constant passage of warm, wet air through an instrument's bore means that regular cleaning is a must, else corrosion and rot become inevitable. If you've just eaten before playing, sugar and food particles also get inside the horn, creating a sticky, unhealthy buildup. Over the course of weeks and months, the scum inside a brass instrument will eat away at the metal like rust on a car.

Traditionally, brass instruments have been cleaned by a process known as a chemical flush. In this process, the instrument is dipped in a series of harsh, acidic chemical cleaners until dirt and grease are removed from the surface and bore. Not only is this process long and involved, it also does harm to the environment. Fortunately, the chemical flush can become a thing of the past.

At Cadenza Music, we have recently acquired an Omegasonics ultrasonic cleaner. This machine cleans a brass instrument through the use of ultrasonic sound waves. These waves create tiny bubbles in the solution, which in combination with non-toxic, biodegradable detergents, scrub the intrument cleaner than a chemical flush possibly can. These devices have been used previously in industry to scrub such hard to clean items as cylinder heads. They are also used by jewelers to clean fine jewelry, and by surgeons to clean precision tools. Only recently introduced into the music industry, Cadenza Music is proud to offer ultrasonic cleaning for your brass instrument.