Klarinet Archive - Posting 001026.txt from 2004/07

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Swab?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:16:17 -0400


On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Rick Janowski wrote:

> I was taught that since the water is tending to come down from the barrel end
> toward the bell, swabbing from barrel to bell risks moving water to places it
> has not yet reached. Hence, swab "upstream" from the bell toward the barrel.

This is what I was taught as well - draw the moisture back from where it
came, by starting at the bell. It never made sense to me when I saw people
doing it the other way, since it brings the moisture further into the
instrument.

-jeremy
http://klezmer.org

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