Klarinet Archive - Posting 000855.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] SWAB GOT STUCK !
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 19:35:28 -0400

At 12:22 PM 9/23/98 -0400, Mike Cogswell wrote:
>If a stuck swab is not that rare, then a perhaps a solution should be
>available. I have several patch and bullet pullers that are intended for
>use with muzzle-loading rifles that could easily and safely extract a swab.
>They resemble miniature corkscrews and are threaded to fit on the end of a
>long rod. They would be a much more satisfactory solution than drilling,
>which is likely to damage the instrument. The patch pullers only cost a
>couple of dollars and can be mail ordered from any place that sells supplies
>to black powder shooters. A segmented cleaning rod to put it on can also be
>purchased very cheaply.
>
Drilling is what you have to do after you have already tried and failed
with your method, due to the fact that someone else (usually the player's
father) has previously said, "Gimme that! *I* can get it through!" It's
kind of like all the trumpet leadpipe repairs we get in that might
otherwise have been simple mouthpiece-puller jobs if Dad hadn't given it a
shot with the Vice-grips first. :-)

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