Klarinet Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 1996/11

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Water, the odd sound and the blowing clarinetist!
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 10:44:54 -0500

Joerg,
It sounds like the path of water happens to coincide with the location of your
tone hole. You can redirect the water by taking a cotton swab of sweet almond
oil, and very lightly "painting" around the tone hole (in the bore) the oil.
It will redirect the water path. I'm not sure of other oils. I had that done
by Marc Jacobi, Phila,Pa. and he had to do it twice. The second time, he used
acetone to clear the oil in the bore, and he re-applied the oil.It worked the
second time. The water follows the path of least resistance. If the entire
bore is oiled with the formula stuff you used, the resistance is equaled
along the entire bore-defeating the purpose of changing the resistance to
rechannel the waters path. Either do that, or take up snorkeling.
David C. Blumberg
Reedman@-----.com

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From: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network on behalf of Joerg Peltzer
Sent: Monday, November 04, 1996 4:52 AM
Subject: Water, the odd sound and the blowing clarinetist!

Hello,

can someone give me an advice.
Do you remember playing Mozart Concerto Adagio, you know the real
pianissimo passage at the Reprise?
Then suddenly..... (blub, pfffft, blblblblblblblblb.....), yes that aquatic
sound when you have some water under your pads.

Is there someone out there you has the Final Recipe, to prevent my clarinet
from doing that.
There are are always some favorite places where it occurs, is it a matter
of temperature?

At the moment i am using a spray called "Tone Woodwind - All Pad&Bore
Formula", but I no longer believe in that stuff.
Any thoughts?

Ciao JP

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