Klarinet Archive - Posting 000754.txt from 1997/04

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: swabbing kills the clarinet?????
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:29:39 -0400

Solution if so, get a silk swab- less resistance.

At 07:35 AM 4/24/97 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>AnneVacca@-----.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 4/23/97 4:55:27 PM, someone wrote:
>> >The number of times you swab your clarinet is inversely proportional to
the
>> >useful life of the instrument.
>>
>> Jerry-
>>
>> How is this true?
>> Just wondering.....
>
>Anne,
>There has been controversy on this list for years on
>changes in the bores causing them to "wear out", and that
>swabbing is the prime contributor. Literally hundreds
>of postings are in the archives about this - it's a
>recurring theme/question. (Search for "blow out"
>some day or for "swab or swabbing"). Swabbing with a
>rough swab is going to take a miniscule amount of wood
>with it each time. However, I think that cumulative
>thermal effects and moisture content far outweigh the
>"swab effect" in causing physical changes. However,
>I have NO empirical data to base my guess on.
>---
>Mark Charette "How can you be in two places at once
>charette@-----.com when you're not anywhere at all?"
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>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
Adjunct Woodwinds Instructor Univ. of Penn., Bryn Mawr College
reedman@-----.com