Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 1998/11

From: Christian Budde <emv080@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Swabbing Curiosity!
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 04:15:37 -0500

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Soo Khoon Goh wrote:
> 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

The reason for me to do this is simply the same as for Karl Krelove
(in an earlier posting), the bell is easier to hit.
After swabbing the whole stick, I take it apart and remove the water
at the joints. After that, I swabb the mouthpiece by carefully pushing
the cloth of the swab (from bottom to top of course) through it,
because I don't think it is a good idea to pull the weight through the
mouthpiece.

My swab has also been coloured (I will not describe how it looked
like) when my clarinet was new.

Christian Budde

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