Klarinet Archive - Posting 000668.txt from 1997/04

From: Lord Rob <rteitelbaum@-----.EDU>
Subj: RE: saliva and pads?
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 01:26:35 -0400

>Surely the approved method of removing water from tone holes is to wait
>until the flautist is caressing a ppp passage and then to give a hearty
>blow across the offending hole. If you can contrive to drop your
>mouthpiece cover (metal is essential for this) at the same time, the
>effectiveness of the operation can be considerably enhanced. (:->)

I believe, however, that if you sit second chair, an even more fitting
procedure would be to clear the tone hole during a quiet solo by the
principal clarinetist! :) I hadn't thought of the mouthpiece cover, though.
I'll have to buy a metal one.

Rob Teitelbaum
Claremont McKenna College