Klarinet Archive - Posting 000798.txt from 1998/01

From: W LEE WOOD <WLEEWOOD@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Water in the "a" key
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:25:07 -0500

In a message dated 98-01-16 18:25:34 EST, Greg Barrett wrote:

<<
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?????
>>
I would guess that the students lays the horn down or in the lap with the
thumb hole up rather than down. I was taught to always keep the clarinet
upright so that the condensation etc. stayed along the bottom of the bore
where the holes have tubes to protect them from the water. I try to never
turn the clarinet over except when dropping the end of the swab through it.
That practice also minimizes the problem of water in the trill keys.