Klarinet Archive - Posting 001477.txt from 2000/10
From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Excessive moisture
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:02:51 -0500
Allan -
When I was much younger a dentist accused me of having an artesian well in
my mouth so I had an "excessive moisture" problem with my horn big time. I
learned then to never lay my clarinet down flat. Keep it upright during
rests, either rested on your leg or on the peg. This is not a 100% cure for
the problem but it reduces it considerably. Also, (whether it helps or not)
I always position the barrel in the same way - trademarks lined up. My
thought is that it could establish a pathway for the moisture, hopefully
away from critical tone holes.
Another thing that I tried with some success those many years ago was to use
a pipe cleaner to carefully "paint" woodwind oil around the various tone
holes with which I was having problems. The theory being that the oily
surface would (might) deflect the moisture stream.
Lots of luck.
Gene Nibbelin
-----Original Message-----
From: Allan Thompson [mailto:pleco@-----.za]
Subject: [kl] Excessive moisture
I have found that recently I am getting a lot of moisture in my clarinets,
particularly the A. Things got a bit tricky this week in Tchaikowsky 5 when
both (!) e-flat keys were waterlogged at the beginning of the first movement
(luckily, in rehearsal). I have heard of oboists who trickle a bit of water
down their instruments before they play and guide the stream past the holes,
but this is not practical on my A (buffet prestige). Does anyone have a
method of avoiding this problem that they could share with me?
Thanks
Allan Thompson
pleco@-----.za
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