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Author: Aequore
Date: 2007-12-14 07:53
Hello,
I have a question to all musicians out there that play with vintage mouthpieces.
What do you recommend to swab a vintage mouthpiece and how. I play with vintage pieces only. Though i have been advised that swabbing them with a regular swab is a bad idea since that will wear out the facing. Since i was told this i do the swabbing with a little mouthpiece brush that is used to swab. is this ok? or is there another way.
Pete
Post Edited (2007-12-14 07:55)
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Author: William
Date: 2007-12-14 15:20
I just use my regular silk swab on my vintage Chicago Kaspar. Hasn't changed since I bought it in the late '60's as a college student.
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Author: 2E
Date: 2007-12-14 21:06
I wouldn't swab OR use those metal mouthpiece brushes. Rinse your mouthpiece out with warm soapy water and pat dry the outside with a towel. You can clean the inside with a soft toothbrush or just let it dry out. You only need to clean the mouthpiece every once and a while.
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-12-14 21:12
William - you have been using the same silk swab for 40+ years ?
;)
I don't swab mine out on a regular basis. When I do I first let the excess drip out then use a silk swab (from the cork end through the window) or kleenex on certain occasions (except those get fuzzies all over the place)
I also may give it a nice cleaning such as SE mentions on certain occasions
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Stephen Sklar
My YouTube Channel of Clarinet Information
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Author: Aequore
Date: 2007-12-14 21:12
Really, how about when your done playing a concert or in a rehersal. When you do the regular swabbing and usually the mouthpiece is dripping wet..what do you do then???
Does the silk swab apply on this?..ohh and i just purchased the ''Legend''
by the Doctors products. Havent used it yet but i cant wait, its suppose to clean with only one swoop! ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2007-12-14 21:24
on certain occasions I also simply blow into the mpc when it's obvious there's too much condensation in there.
i don't recommended shaking it .... you might drop something
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Author: susieray
Date: 2007-12-14 21:44
The Legend swab is great, I have several.....but it's too large for swabbing a mouthpiece. I don't swab my mouthpiece after I play, but once in a while I run cool water through it and dry it with Q-tips. I suppose you could very carefully use a silk oboe swab if you really feel the need to swab.
BTW it's not just the facing that can be damaged, a scratchy brush can mess up the inside pretty bad.
Post Edited (2007-12-14 21:44)
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2007-12-14 22:42
"BTW it's not just the facing that can be damaged, a scratchy brush can mess up the inside pretty bad."
The bore and the baffle, along with the crispness of the edges of the window...and damaging the tip rail.
I blow out the moisture often, use warm water occasionally, and swab once in a blue moon.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: BobD
Date: 2007-12-15 10:40
I usually wash my vintage mps in the dish water in a plastic sink liner....after removing the sharp knives, of course. Never put them in the automatic dishwasher, however, unless you never brush your teeth or they are vintage acrylic.
Bob Draznik
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Author: William
Date: 2007-12-15 14:51
Steveklar asked, "William - you have been using the same silk swab for 40+ years?"
[LOL] However, let me assure y'all that I've gone through a pile of swabs during my 50 yrs of clarinetting, mostly silk, and my clarinet cases do not stink. In the 50's I started out with those icky chamois things--even made a small one for the tones holes in high school (anal or what?)--but when I got my first Buffet (and my vintage Kaspar), I started using the Buffet issue swab and eventually graduated to the silks.
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