This is going to be an odd and embarrassing question, but I recently noticed that there was a fair bit of me accumulating inside of my new ebony-bodied ukulele. Mostly I think it is bits of dandruff from my beard (eww gross, I know.) Peering in through the sound hole I can clearly see the dark wood of the back is unevenly speckled with hundreds of tiny me-bits.
Turning the uke over and shaking does not appear to dislodge them at all. So far the sound of the instrument does not seem affected, but given the current situation after only after only six weeks or so I fear it might become truly ghastly over the course of years.
Has anyone else ever found this to be an issue? I must not be the only person that sheds while playing. Is there an accepted method for reaching in there and cleaning this up without damaging anything?
Turning the uke over and shaking does not appear to dislodge them at all. So far the sound of the instrument does not seem affected, but given the current situation after only after only six weeks or so I fear it might become truly ghastly over the course of years.
Has anyone else ever found this to be an issue? I must not be the only person that sheds while playing. Is there an accepted method for reaching in there and cleaning this up without damaging anything?