Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: swabbing really does wear it out (retransmitted)
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:18:01 -0500

At 10:53 AM 1/4/98 -0800, Douglas Sears wrote:
>...I think the point was to prove that the reed does in fact bang into
>the material of the mouthpiece (although I question how relevant
>that is to a debate on abrasion, since there's no sliding friction
>involved).
>
Exactly. Given the vast number of times the reed strikes the mouthpiece,
it must still have SOME effect, even without sliding friction. Since hard
rubber is softer than, say, crystal, it is more likely that such a
mouthpiece will eventually need refacing. But is that because of swabbing
or reed wear? We may never know.

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