Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 1997/12

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: e flat clarinets
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:39:47 -0500

Alan,
Any time a swab gets caught in the bore of a clarinet, I
immediately suspect that the octave tube is too long. Add to that that you
think your instrument is stuffy and I smell a bad repair job. I would take
it to a master repairman (on the order of Clark Fobes or Bill Street, to
name two that I know of) and see if this is true. A smaller one can be put
in. I've have this done on my A clarinet and it worked wonders. Other than
that,
One can always cut a swab down a little. If there is less cloth,
it will be thinner and won't catch so easily.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

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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