Klarinet Archive - Posting 000830.txt from 1998/09

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] SWAB GOT STUCK !
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:42:07 -0400

At 03:35 PM 9/22/98, you wrote:
>
>>Imagine that happening at a concert!
>
>I have seen it happen, to an oboist, who swabbed his instrument between
>movements with great panache. When the swab stuck, he tried to get it out,
>then went back-stage and tried more. After about 3/4 of an hour, he
>returned with a borrowed oboe and finished the concert. I heard that they
>indeed had to drill out the swab!

Is this sort of thing a common occurrence?? Someone mentioned a stuck swab
the other day, but this sounds like a nightmare tantamount to a violinist
breaking a string during a recital.

When I was a kid I used those swabs-on-a-stick, the big plushy ones. Now I
use silk swabs on weighted strings. Two different horns, a cheapy and a
real good one, and I've never run into this. My first though is "What was
on the swab, Krazy Glu??"

But I still don't understand, seriously, what can cause this.

Ken

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