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Author: Ski
Date: 2007-09-03 21:27
This may be a stupid question (probably is), but is there any preferred brand of "drying papers" for wicking moisture out of pads? I bought a packet of EZ-Wider double wides which do the job, but if there's something better/more absorbent out there I'd be grateful for a recommendation. In particular, the felt pierced pad of L1 on my bass clarinet gets soaked and takes about 3 papers to dry it after a prolonged period of practice.
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-09-03 23:02
BG makes a reusable product for this purpose. No paper waste and no paper noise- good even for performances.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-09-03 23:45
FWIW I use (hand cut, whoa!) strips of kitchen paper towels. The paper is tough enough not to tear, and it quickly absorbs the moisture.
(fixed typo)
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Ben
Post Edited (2007-09-04 00:06)
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-09-04 00:05
skygardener wrote:
> Ben- you live life on the edge...
But my wallet doesn't. ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif)
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Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-04 00:55
Yep, Bounty kitchen roll is the future!
I also use it to dry sockets out with after playing (and NOT using the same pullthrough as I use for the bore - this has been discussed on here in great detail).
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: beejay
Date: 2007-09-04 11:47
Rizla King Size cigarette papers. They are enormous. But you have to put up with shop assistants suspecting you of being a pothead. Fortunately, I buy mine from a flautist, who understands.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2007-09-04 11:55
I second the shop towels mentioned above
Bob Draznik
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2007-09-04 14:08
For people concerned about carrying around something that could be mistaken for druggie equipment, a good alternative to cigarette papers (and without the glue) is a packet of camera lens pad cleaners. They're about the same size and thickness. Just be sure to get the plain, dry ones that don't come saturated with cleaning products. However, thanks to a previous thread here, I've now switched to cutting up paper towels!
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2007-09-04 15:08
OHHHH
This is so sad!
Why, O why must we fiddle with flooded tone holes.
I just use cigarette papers --w/o the sticky edge. They are easier to toss in my case than paper towel strips.
I do, keep a cork grease-friendly paper towel for the sockets --thanks to Chris P.
Bob Phillips
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Author: Garret
Date: 2007-09-04 22:42
I use coffee filters cut into strips--works great. I'll have to try paper towels when I run out of filter strips.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-05 00:18
I use Rizla papers for feeler gauges (the silver ones are finer than the blue ones), though I do keep a packet of blue Rizlas in my battlefield toolkit.
Chances are more people will end up using them than me so they can make their roll-ups with when they're out of skins.
But as the kitchen roll thing goes, I just use a sheet and fold it up - an edge or corner will do the trick.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ski
Date: 2007-09-05 00:34
Great ideas and suggestions. Thanks everyone!
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Author: Matt Locker
Date: 2007-09-05 16:48
I use "curler end wraps" from a styling salon. No glue & works like a charm.
It was funny when I asked at the styling salon where my wife has her hair done about buying some. The stylist said "Oh, you must be a clarinet player!" Turns out her brother, a clarinetist, gets his supply from her also. She gave me a box that will probably last the rest of my life.
MOO,
Matt
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Author: Mrs_gekko
Date: 2007-09-05 23:01
I remember when I was in high school kids used to buy those to roll their wacky cigs with..lol I like Matt use the curler end wraps.
Donna
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Author: bawa
Date: 2007-09-06 07:51
Cigarette papers, the more "expensive" ones made with rice, at .35 cents a packet.
The right size, no residual fibres etc., and there are lots in a packet, which is nice and slim as well.
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Author: Mike Clarinet
Date: 2007-09-06 08:21
Every woodwind player I know uses cigarette papers for removing water from tone-holes. Perhaps I am just an innocent, but I never thought it would cause controversy (except once when playing in church and a busy-body spotted them and tried to give me a lecture on the evils of smoking. I was packing up my clarinet at the time and having suffered from a wet pad, was able to demonstrate their use. That shut them up!!)
(edited for clarity)
Post Edited (2007-09-07 10:14)
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2007-09-06 21:29
Years ago, when I was in high school and carried cigarette papers in my clarinet case, I don't remember even the busybodies looking twice at them. If I were in school today, though, I wouldn't carry them. The "zero tolerance" rules backfire if the people enforcing them have zero common sense....
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: S. Friedland
Date: 2007-09-08 20:51
David:
I most certainly agree with you, however a "good hard blow" also attracts as much audience attention as does a cellphone with a ringtone of the Medelssohn Concerto
They have neat papers that come free with certain Australian reeds, no glue, so you can roll nothing and be guilt free. Or you can roll something and it works thata way too.
Upon the end of a session,I used to leave drying papers in all keys that worked with an articulation assuring no moisture would keep the key from opening.
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