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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-01-11 03:24
Dee; in another post you suggested cleaning the register hole. how does one go about cleaning it out? The angle is really bad to get anything but a paper clip into the hole.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-01-11 11:40
You have to take the register key off first. Then somthing like a thin pipe cleaner works well.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-01-11 12:37
Watch out for sharp edges, changing the vent can induce some weird stuff in the upper register (not that I have any personal experience, ahem) the Venturi is VERY small in the register vent and sensitive to nicks and deformation.
If the register vent is damaged irreperably (not that this has ever happened to anyone I know that would actually admit the fact), then Avrahm Galper's R-13 vent replacement adds some facility in the throat tones and opens up the 3rd line Bb.
Admirable qualities that I sought, anyway.
anji
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Author: Melanie
Date: 2001-01-11 16:53
I pull the cotton off of a Q-tip and then just use the stick part. It's not scratchy like the wire in a pipe cleaner and the paper picks up the gunk. Just make sure it's a paper stick instead of a plastic stick Q-tip. Just stick it in a give it a twirl and pull it back out. It really is amazing how much gunk builds up in there!
Much luck!
Melanie
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-01-11 23:28
I did not play my clarinet for one month to concentrate in training trumpet.
The day before yesterday, I tried. My clarinet is something like choked tube.
Then I read Dee's description. Last night I took off the register key and blowed the
hole with my air cleaner for camera lense. My clarinet started to emit healthy sounds. Thank you. Japanese disposable soft wooden tooth pick may have worked too.(Not hard reusable metal tooth pick or bamboo toothpick.)
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Author: Ken
Date: 2001-01-12 02:38
Poking and proding with any foreign object is always risky and should be done as a last resort. I always try to blow the built up gunk out first with short blasts, if that doesn't work, use a can of pressurized oxygen w/ nozzle from a computer store (tetrafluroethane). If that still doesn't work, take a 1" sewing needle, cut tissue paper to size, wrap two or three layers around it, dip it in rubbing alcohol and gently run it in and out and work the edges. That always does the trick. <:-))
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-01-12 02:56
Isn't it amazing what one can learn on this board. Thanks you all for you input.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-01-12 15:24
If all the above excellent advice fails, you might try shooting a Patriot ground-to-air missile into the tonehole and let the explosive warhead clean it out. Do this as a last resort only. Use proper precautions. Wear safety goggles and hearing protection.
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-01-12 18:43
David i tried that first. Always try the big guns first and then worry about the little stuff. My goodness the noise was tune. What you say!!!!!!
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Author: Al
Date: 2001-01-13 00:32
Mr. Gardner:
You have to take the register key OFF first.
Al
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