Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 1998/11

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Swabbing Curiosity!
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:25:45 -0500

I swab my instruments from the bell to the barrel. The only reason is that
the bell is a bigger target than the barrel to drop the weight into. :-)

Karl Krelove

-----Original Message-----
From: Soo Khoon Goh <gohsookh@-----.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 6:11 PM
Subject: [kl] Swabbing Curiosity!

>Hi everyone,
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>I know this sounds dumb, but is there a reason for him doing that
>(swabbing from bottom up), or could it be his habit or perhaps there's
>some mechanism in the oboe bore that prevents oboist from swabbing from
>top down like clarinettist mostly do? Does that apply to clarinet as well?
>
>Perhaps, Francis Kloc would like to take a stab at this question. (I heard
>he is an oboe player? :) ) Again, this is question is totally out of
>place, just my curiosity. So ignore it if you wish! :)
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>Thanks!
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>Soo
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