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Author: jeeves
Date: 2008-10-24 00:04
Is kleenex too abrasive to be used to wipe out inside of joints (to get excess cork grease & spit out after every practice). Is such a practice harmful or beneficial to the clarinet in the long run.
Jeeves
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2008-10-24 02:56
Do you mean the insides of the tenon joints? I'd probably use a hanky or a q-tip rather than a kleenex. I think kleenexes tend to shred a little to easily when damp...
And typically I just use my clarinet swab to remove excess saliva from where the tenons go in. I don't use too much cork grease though, but I probably wouldn't use the swab if there happened to be a lot of grease.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2008-10-24 03:01
For this reason, I have two swabs... one for pulling through, the other for wiping the joints.
If you're getting a lot of grease in there, you may want to investigate other brands/types of cork grease and/or be more sparing in its application.
-Alex
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-10-24 04:40
Use a cotton pullthrough only for drying the bore (there are plenty to choose from, though I like the Yamaha ones) - it's like a handkerchief but with a length of cord stitched to it with a weight on the free end of the cord so it can drop through the bore easily.
Bounty kitchen towel is good for wiping sockets dry with as it doesn't break up - use that for the sockets. It's good practice to wipe the sockets on any clarinet - plastic or wood - as you'll be surprised the amount of crud that can build up in them.
Far too often I see instruments with really grotty sockets. Sockets on plastic clarinets are far easier to clean than wooden clarinets (unless there are stubborn mineral deposits that have to be removed with acid) as the crud can get into the end grain which isn't easy to clean out.
That's why when I service and overhaul wooden clarinets, I like to seal the end grain on both sockets and tenons with wax to prevent water and other nasties getting into the end grain, and then instruct the owner to wipe them out after playing with a seperate piece of kitchen towel rather than gettign their pullthrough all covered in grease which can build up in toneholes.
Prevention is better than cure.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: marshall
Date: 2008-10-24 05:21
I got a Doctors Product swab a couple years back and I use that for the bore. I use the silk swab I had before that for the tenon sockets.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-10-24 13:27
I agree with David Blumberg about using paper towels for socket-cleaning. Facial tissues can exacerbate the gunk buildup because they shed fragments. I cut up paper towels into pieces roughly 2" x 3" and keep some in a plastic bag stored with the silk swab, the reeds and the various doodads. Clean the tenon, clean the socket, toss out the piece of paper.
Lelia
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2008-10-24 13:35
Before I used the cotton rounds I used "shop towels" which are the blue super heavyweight paper towels found in auto stores. I would cut one into strips and use it for 3 or so times and then throw it away.
Don't use the same piece for very long as it will get gunky pretty quickly.
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Author: stebinus
Date: 2008-10-25 10:38
Always opting for simplicity I have a cotton hanky tied to a shoestring I use for a swab and wiping out tenon sockets. It doesn't get that grungy and if it does, then I just throw it in the wash.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2008-10-25 10:46
I also prefer David's "shop towels" solution either blue or white ,but my handkerchief in a pinch.....
Bob Draznik
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