Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 1998/01

From: "Baldy" <comic@-----.com>
Subj: Re: swabbing really does wear it out
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:18:41 -0500

here again it is primarily the contaminents in the water. However, there is
another factor, that of time, that does not enter into your swabbing. Water
in a fairly slow drip, say once every two seconds will hit that spot over
43,000 times in one day. How many times a dy do you swab?

Bob

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> From: Roger Shilcock
<roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: Re: swabbing really does wear it out
> Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 3:04 AM
>
> "Constant dripping wears away a stone" --- doesn't it???
> Roger Shilcock
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Baldy wrote:
>
> > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 20:55:08 -0600
> > From: Baldy <comic@-----.com>
> > Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> > To: wde1 <wde1@-----.us>
> > Subject: Re: swabbing really does wear it out
> >
> > this has really confused me. As I understand the basic thesis it is
being
> > suggestd that a softer item can wear down a harder item. I always
thought
> > it was the other way around. I guess then I could take a soft cloth and
rub
> > it on a diamond and gradually wear it away. Go figure!
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Bill E wrote,
> > > very briefly. Neil and Roger get my vote: just as you can polish a
> > > bore or a mouthpiece or a razor, for that matter (and steel is a lot
> > > harder than rubber), you can indeed eventually wear down the rail
edges
> > > and the tip. I know, I'm guilty of it. The frequency of swabbing,
the
> > > type of cloth (think of a razor strop of a lens-polishing cloth), and
> > > the tightness of fit would all be factors varying the effect, but the
> > > effect is, in my opinion, indisputable. So there :).
> > >
> > > Bill E.
> >
>