Klarinet Archive - Posting 000754.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: swab that won't get stuck
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:17:03 -0500

At 09:14 AM 3/12/99 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
>The only swab that will not get stuck is a Gem Swab, Buffet green material,
>or a Hodges (not sure of the spelling, but it is not hoagie;)
>Those are silk material (probably not real, but close enough), and very
>absorb ant. I use the buffet, but the Gem's are the least likely to get
>stuck, as they compress the most when run through the bore. You can get the
>Gem at most mail order houses. Locally, probably not, but you could try.
>
The Gem and Hodge swabs are both genuine silk. Can't speak for the Buffet.

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