Hello! I am from Okubo Wind Instrument Store RepairKikuchiI am Kikuchi!



 

Suddenly, do you know where the instruments that arrive at Okubo Wind Instrument Store are cleaned?

Perhaps some of you have seen me walking up and down the stairs with wind instruments? 

Yes, I have. I have talked about it and shown its location in a Youtube cleaning video before, but it is actually not cleaned inside the wind instrument floor on the 3rd floor, but in the sink behind the Advance Guitars counter on the 2nd floor!

 Strange, isn't it? But we can't help it, the water area on the 3rd floor is open for customers to use the restrooms, so we can't be holed up there for long periods of time cleaning instruments...

 

Yes, that's why this is the washing area!

This is where we wash the instruments that come in,before putting them on the store shelves.before putting them on the store shelves.🚿

 

 

There is one drawback to this sink...

 

There is no hot water...

 

Let me repeat that.

 

I can't get hot water. ！！！！！

 

What does that mean?

Yes, even in winter.cold waterto clean.

The minimum water temperature in winter in Tokyo is7℃The minimum water temperature in winter in Tokyo drops to around It takes about 30 minutes to an hour to clean one instrument, so it is natural to expose it to that much cold water.your hands become numb and cold.It's a good idea to wash the instruments in cold water.

Actually, I was born in winter in a snow country, so when I came to Tokyo, I could withstand cold water at all. It's true.Below freezing and blizzardI used to ice skate with only a light jersey as my equipment.⛸⛸

However, I have been living in Tokyo for a long time now,

I have become weak against cold and coldness. What a pity.

Thanks to this, I almost dropped a part while cleaning (I didn't actually drop it), warmed my red cold hands with my breath, etc....

 

Let me use hot water.

One day in the fourth year, after three winters of constant appealing to do so, ......

 

 

 

 

Finallyhot water heaterhas been installed: ！！！！！！！！

TOTO!

Now you can say goodbye to cold water!

Your hands will no longer get numb in the winter, and oil stains stuck on the instruments will dissolve more easily in warm water, which will improve cleaning efficiency!

 

Let's get started...

Warm ！！！！！

It's like heaven!😇I don't feel defeated by anything anymore!

 

I will continue to work on cleaning instruments with this new partner!

 

You can rest assured that the instruments at Okubo Wind Instrument Store are safe, even used!

They are thoroughly cleaned and set up thoroughly!

 

This is Kikuchi! Thank you very much!