Is it advisable to use a (smoking) pipe cleaner to clean a flute?
In this question it was asked how to clean the inside of a flute.
The answers include different tools, all of them basically a stick with a piece of cloth, ranging from an 8$ stick to a 25$ stick.
Pipes (for smoking) and flutes have several things in common:
They are slim and tubular.
Many pipes and flutes are made out of wood.
Both can be very expensive and need to be cleaned.
Pipes and flutes become wet inside: the flute is wet from saliva and breath moisture; the pipe is wet from condensation when it cools down.
Pipe cleaners are sold as cheap as 4.77$ (132 pieces). They are long enough to be used to clean flutes as well.
Is it advisable to use (soft) pipe cleaners to clean the inside of a flute?
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No. It would be very inefficient. Use a cleaning rod, bought or improvised, with a piece of cloth, typically an old handerchief.
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