Klarinet Archive - Posting 000627.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] About these cleaning cloths
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:55:37 -0400

At 09:13 PM 10/11/2000 +0100, Ian Black wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
>> My presumption that the term "swab" is universal is based upon 30+ years of
>> playing, 6 years in the band instrument retail business and several years
>> on this multi-national, cross-cultural list without ever hearing it
>> referred to as anything ELSE before this. Please forgive me for jumping to
>> conclusions.
>
>To me a "swab" is one of those absorbent (and abhorrent) things about 4
inches long on the end of a
>stick which beginners vibrate up and down the inside of their clarinet to
clean it with (ignoring
>the potential damage to the register key tube, or the joints where the
wood/wire is carelessly
>rubbed).
>
>By "swab" do you mean what I would refer to as a "pull-through"? (i.e.
like a handkerchief on the
>end of a cord with a weight at the other end.)
>
>I don't wish to get drawn into the discussion on the meaning of the
original post (which I have long
>since deleted) but would just like to clarify what we are _now_ referring
to...

The original post inquired about "cleaning cloths." The poster apparently
meant pull-through swabs, but it was not 100% clear (at least to me)
whether that was the meaning, or whether a key polishing cloth might have
been intended.

I usually hear BOTH of your examples referred to as "swabs," but your
less-favorite version is so seldom used in my experience (except, of
course, that I myself had that kind when I first started) that it needs to
be specifically defined or the pull-through variety is assumed. Actually,
I still use one of those fuzzy sticks, but for bore oiling only.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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