Can playing woodwind give you a fungus?

Can playing woodwind give you a fungus?

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norman lebrecht

November 08, 2013

We don’t do medical scares on this site, but there does appear to be a fungal condition known as ‘saxophone lung’. It’s an allergic reaction to inhaling germs in instruments that have not been properly cleaned. Early this year, an English player almost died of it. Read more here. Now start flossing.

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Comments

  • Fritz Curzon says:

    and remember to blow into it rather than suck

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