Klarinet Archive - Posting 000772.txt from 1998/01

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #591
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:04:02 -0500

>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 18:10:10 -0600
>From: Greg Barrett <gbarrett@-----.edu>
>Subject: Re: Water in the "a" key
>
>A student of mine is plagued with water in his throat a key after five
>minutes of playing. The path of water formed from condensation is on
>the top of his bore not the bottom. Why?????
>
Is he playing a cold instrument? I would guess that this is just where
water might condense first if the whole horn were cold. Does the problem go
away if he wipes it out and keeps playing?