Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 1998/01

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: swabbing really does wear it out
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:18:43 -0500

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Baldy wrote:

> 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?

(30 times per minute) * (60 minutes per hour) * (24 hours per day) =

43,200 times per day. I swab at least that many times per day.