Klarinet Archive - Posting 000275.txt from 2010/08

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Spit leakage on mouthpiece
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:24:46 -0400

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Fred <vze2bsbs@-----.net> wrote:
> Try swabbing the horn once after a few minutes of playing when the
> condensation is first starting to form inside the horn. =A0This
> distributes the moisture around the bore and lessens the likelihood
> of it finding a path to the G# key.

I hadn't thought of this. What sort of swab do you use? I used to
have a chamois swab (don't know if it was synthetic) and rejected that
on the basis of poor absorbency, at which point I made a muslin swab.
Would a cotton swab not distribute the water as well? I do get a lot
of condensation... I had a swab of "polished" muslin, which was sort
of intermediate absorbency between the softer muslin and the chamois
swab. Use a less absorbent swab initially to distribute the
condensation, then as it gets bad get the absorbent swab. Probably
splitting hairs here; this seems unduly complicated.

-Jennifer
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