CLEANING DEVICE FOR CLEANING OF METAL STRINGS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

摘要

A cleaning device ( 2 ) for in-situ cleaning of metal strings ( 50 ) on a stringed musical instrument comprising a manually bendable, resilient laminate having a first planar portion and end portion extending out of the plane of the first portion, the laminate comprising a layer of plastics material ( 4 ) sandwiched between two layers ( 6,8 ) of a plastics micro-fibre fabric. The device ( 2 ) allows the metal strings ( 50 ) of, for example, a guitar ( 52 ) to be readily cleaned in-situ while on the instrument to maintain the brightness of tone of the string. A method of manufacturing the device is also disclosed.