Klarinet Archive - Posting 000736.txt from 1999/03

From: Dave Sandusky <daves@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Blue ribbon swab ;)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:24:18 -0500

Anyone know where I can get one? I just used my brand-new crappy cotton one
last night (see horror posting about that debacle): too big and the pull barely
made it out the bell!

Dave Sandusky

David Blumberg wrote:

> re: Dave Sandusky
> Subject: [kl] Clarinet Swab
> Help! I'm looking for a place to buy a Buffet cotton handkerchief
> swab. I am talking about the ~1' square type with red and blue
> printing. BUT...I want the kind with the light blue nylon(?) pull, NOT
> the white cotton pull (that breaks all too soon). Anybody have a lead
> on these? I have an older one, and can't remember where I got it.
> Perhaps they don't make them anymore?
> Dave Sandusky
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Dave, they haven't made those for the last 13 years. (I remember buying a
> stockpile from a player in Nova Scotia back in 1988 as they had recently
> been discontinued in the high quality blue ribbon style.) I find the cotton
> pull to be crap!! Now Buffet has a green material swab that had once more
> the nice ribbon that won't fray after 2 months.
> Cost is about $15.
>
> David Blumberg - My Tempo Accompaniments for Woodwind Players (200+ pieces,
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> http://www.mytempo.com
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