Klarinet Archive - Posting 000713.txt from 1997/04

From: Kimberly Joan Kriston <kjk0003@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: saliva and pads?
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:34:04 -0400

On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Tom Ascher wrote:

> Further thoughts, one humorous (sort of) the other more serious.
>
> 1) maybe clarinet players need something like brass players, some sort of
> drain plug/valve that can be opened periodically to blow out or shake out
> saliva. By the way, does anyone have any luck with placing your mouth over
> a hole area and blowing to temporarily clear a clog?
<***i've actually thought of having a spit valve, but that would change
the acoustics, etc. wouldn't it? secondly, my teacher told me that if
you try to blow the condensation out of a hole, it will not help. it will
just come back. she said you need to (pardon my expression) suck the
water out so it doesn't come back.
>
> 2) if polishing/sealing helps what about using one of the HARD waxes. I
> recall something like "cannuba" being a vegetable wax that comes in paste or
> stick form. If something like this could be used to coat brush/swab
> and used to burnish the insides it would avoid the problem with liquiid oils
> of seeping through the holes and ruining pads, messing up the outside of
> the instrument.
>
> =====================================================================
> Tom Ascher Internet: u15310@-----.edu
> University of Illinois at Chicago Phone: (312) 413-3665
>
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