Brooke likes to repair stuff (and, yes, she often wears two pair of glasses. Really.) She especially loves to dismantle instruments and clean them up and make them all shiny like when they were newbies.
Well, one fine day, she got a used Bb clarinet to 'rescue'. She looked it over, smelled it (yes, smelled), and placed all the parts on her desk. Looked like a simple Clean & Polish job. Fun.
Well, almost.
As she was cleaning the lower joint, (with aforementioned Nose Touch-ification), she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. Movement? She picked up the piece and what to her wondering eyes should appear, but a WORM. (I'd only heard about such things before).
OH, but wait, there's more!
As she inspected the entire horn, Brooke found that there were three worms. Just happily crawling along the joint, out for an afternoon stroll. Needless to say, it was their last outing. But, I share this (amazing) story so that you will remember to have your clarinet serviced - by an instrument repairman - at least once a year.
Keeps the bugs away.
Mildred
