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Hey, I'm drowning here, ...

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-12-31 19:20

Well, I'm not actually drowning, but I'm swimming in saliva.

Since having my Buffet re-incarnated, its been picking up spit in the upper joint tone holes --like it seldom did in its earlier 40+ years of existence.

Since adopting a long, open lay (Vandoren M30) mouthpiece (and having to take a lot of mpc), its gotten worse. Spit accumulates in the upper A and G key tone holes and in the side trill keys very quickly. I'm not assured that I can play a piece through without having holes plug up.

There is so much water that I have to swab, blow out the tone holes and blot up the rest of the moisture with a cigarette paper --and repeat every few minutes.

In the old days, flooded tone holes were cured by re-oiling the bore. I thought surface tension kept the water out.

I solicit your thoughts on how to repair my lost water dykes.

Thanks in advance for your help

Bob Phillips

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2005-12-31 19:20