Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Schmutz--rejoinder to Kevin
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

Bill,

Never wash their hands??? Then what is that ____ we clean out of the other holes? Sometimes I feel like a plumber......

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Sent: Sep 24, 2007 9:12 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Schmutz--rejoinder to Kevin
>
>At 08:52 PM 9/23/2007, Kevin Fay wrote:
>>FWIW, the amount of this stuff that builds up in a plastic clarinet - at
>>least *my* plastic clarinet - is negligible. I surmise that it is because
>>the minerals have no pores in which to deposit, or "hold on to." OTOH, I
>>suppose it could be radioactivity or magic.
>
>You should SEE they junk I routinely clean out of plastic and wood
>clarinet toneholes! Sometimes it will build to reduce the opening of
>upper joint holes by HALF, enough to significantly affect
>intonation. I clean them out, if for no other reason than that I
>don't want to deal with that crud myself any more than necessary. I
>can only assume that many young students NEVER wash their hands!
>
>
>
>Bill Hausmann
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
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