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Author: kjeks
Date: 2012-09-02 00:44
How should I deal with this? I've just been using my swab, but a little bit of cork grease sometimes gets on the swab. Should I be using something specific to clean out the tenons/joint sockets (which is it anyway)?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-09-02 01:21
Yeah - use a piece of kitchen roll/paper towel to dry the sockets and tenons with before putting the clarinet away. That way you won't get grease on your pullthrough which in turn will build up in the bore and in toneholes. Use the pullthrough just for the bore only and the kitchen roll for drying out the sockets and tenons.
Wash your pullthrough to get all the grease off it - you can either wash it by hand or put it in with regular laundry so long as you put it in a gauze bag so the string doesn't get all knotted up.
It's normal for water to collect in sockets, so don't worry about that - just be sure you dry it every time you take your clarinet apart.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2012-09-02 01:39
FWIW, I use a cotton handkerchief for the tenon sockets.
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-09-02 12:09
You can get a fair bit of mileage out of a single sheet of Plenty ("One sheet does Plenty!") - then chuck it away and get a new piece when it's past its best.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2012-09-02 19:43
Any bit of kitchen roll will do - cheapest around!
However it's a good idea to also oil the end grain of your sockets and tenons occasionally to prevent the absorbtion of moisture.
A drop a bore oil (almond oil is fine for this) painted onto the socket inner end grain with a cheap child's paint brush or even a cotton bud works OK.
ps. if you use a good cork grease and apply it in small amounts by finger tip then you won't find any of the build up that Ken mentions.
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