Klarinet Archive - Posting 000206.txt from 2007/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Schmutz--rejoinder to Kevin
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:12:40 -0400

At 08:52 PM 9/23/2007, Kevin Fay wrote:
>FWIW, the amount of this stuff that builds up in a plastic clarinet - at
>least *my* plastic clarinet - is negligible. I surmise that it is because
>the minerals have no pores in which to deposit, or "hold on to." OTOH, I
>suppose it could be radioactivity or magic.

You should SEE they junk I routinely clean out of plastic and wood
clarinet toneholes! Sometimes it will build to reduce the opening of
upper joint holes by HALF, enough to significantly affect
intonation. I clean them out, if for no other reason than that I
don't want to deal with that crud myself any more than necessary. I
can only assume that many young students NEVER wash their hands!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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