Klarinet Archive - Posting 000786.txt from 1999/07

From: "Edi & Rose Malinaric" <emovi@-----.za>
Subj: Re: [kl] Baby powder? - Smearing Notes??
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:58:56 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Baby powder?

>At 01:08 PM 7/22/1999 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>>On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Michael D. Moors wrote:
>>
>>> I have from teaching, sticking pads, caused from lack of proper
>>> swapping can be fixed by the combination of a dollar bill (a 50 if you
>>> want), closing the pad with the bill under it. Pull the bill out
>>> several times..... Keep the tone hole and pad tight while pulling the
>>> bill out.
>>
>>This technique used to be employed fairly universally. However, there now
>>are many warnings against the practice, especially on the flute list,
>>because, (a.) especially older bills can be very dirty, and therefore
>>abrasive. Also, (b.) newer bills can leave ink residue on the pads. Many
>>qualified flute technicians feel that using currency to clean pads is very
>>damaging to them. Admittedly, flute pads tend to have thinner covers, and
>>therefore may be a little more fragile than clarinet pads.
>>
>As I understand it, the slightly abrasive quality of the dollar bill paper
>is the specific quality that makes this technique work! That is HOW it
>cleans the seat and the pad! But only a fairly clean, crisp one will do.
>Older ones LOSE the abrasiveness, and may well deposit more gunk than they
>clean. And don't press down too hard! While you can do that with leather
>saxophone pads, it is very possible to tear the skin on a bladder pad if
>you overdo it.
>

Forgive a lurking cellist requesting a bit of clarity - surely the dollar
bill technique is a preliminary technique to be carried out before trying to
smear notes - or have I missed something?

regards to all - edi

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