Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 1998/11

From: "F. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Swabbing in one direction - Fact or myth.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 19:14:24 -0500

ROTF :D

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 11:31 AM 11/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I was told that you have to train your swab to be either a "bell first" or
>"barrel first" type. The most important time is with a new swab, so you
>can break it in correctly to begin with and don't have to re-train in at a
>later date. Of course, I heard this from a bassoonist who would make sure
>he destroyed his dead reeds in front of his remaining good ones so they
>would "learn" what would happen to them if they quit working. :-)
>Laroy
>Dr. Laroy Borchert
>NMSU
>
>
>On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 CmdrHerel@-----.com wrote:
>
>> The reason I was told to swab in one direction only is this: Repeated
>> swabbing actually tugs on the wood grains of your bore, and by going in one
>> direction, you "align" the grain in that direction... If you swab
alternately
>> in different directions, you actually pull a bit on those grains instead...
>> leading to wear on your bore over time.
>>
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