Klarinet Archive - Posting 000104.txt from 1997/12

From: Jennifer Rose McKenna <jrm0013@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: e flat clarinets
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 13:23:50 -0500

If you use a regular silk swab you shouldn't have any problems. silk swabs
work better than the cloth ones because they move in and out of the
instrument qicker, without getting caught on the Bb tone thing(urhg...)
that sticks out in the upper joint. if you try using a regular silk
clarinet swab that should work for Eb, but then again i've never played Eb
and haven't tried swabs with them. good luck!

jennifer mckenna
jrm0013@-----.edu
university of north texas
clarinet concentration/music ed major

On Wed, 3 Dec 1997 SCHEER@-----.ca wrote:

> I just purchased a used e flat clarinet and am wondering what to
> do for a swab. Is there a special swab for an instrument this
> size or should I use an oboe swab?
>
> I also find the regular buffett swabs really ineffective and
> troublesome. The cloth regularly gets caught in the inner keys.
>
> My e flat is somewhat stuffy. It is a buffett..quite old..Could
> it be me..the ligature..the mouth piece..the reed..the
> instrument..or me?
>
> Alan Scheer
> scheer@-----.ca
>
>
>

   
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