Klarinet Archive - Posting 001036.txt from 1998/04

From: C E Field <CEField@-----.com>
Subj: Cigarette Papers
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 06:22:50 -0400

Cigarette paper quickly wicks up even molecular amounts of saliva/condensation
in the tone hole. At rehearsals, I can get away with ridding moisture by
blowing through the tone hole from the outside of the instrument. Using
cigarette paper is more elegant, though probably not as entertaining, during a
performance;-)

When I first went to a local convenience store to buy the cigarette papers,
the clerk looked askance at me until I explained why I was using the papers.
She commented that she was happy to hear there was a legitimate use for the
papers.

Try to avoid the kind with the glued edges.

Cigarette papers aren't cheap. I think a small package cost nearly $3, no
doubt because of the "illegitimate" uses.

Cindy