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Scratched bore

Author: doubleZ
Date: 2015-04-29 05:44

Hello!

A few days ago, I got my swab stuck in my Buffet E11 clarinet. I gave it to my father to see if he could try to fix it and left with him. Before I realized it, he was holding it over the stove to melt the swab out. It left a clumpy mess in the bore, which he removed by jabbing a chopstick and thin scissors repeatedly. I now have a clarinet with melted residue and numerous scratches in the bore, and I am wondering whether it is worth the trouble to clean it up to see if I can still play on it. (Don't worry I still have my main R13 clarinet, would never let anything happen to that one).

TLDR: I have a bore with a lot of scratches in it, and there are even some gouges. Is the clarinet worth cleaning up and playing?

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Re: Scratched bore

Author: JHowell
Date: 2015-04-29 06:10

Try it. Nothing to lose, lots of bores are somewhat rough to begin with. It may even play better, you never know.

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Re: Scratched bore

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-04-29 07:24

Interior scratches make surprisingly little difference. One of my best barrels has a huge gouge in the bore.

Now get a swab with a tail at the end that lets you pull it out backward if it gets jammed, such as the Gigliotti swab http://www.riamart.com/product/gigliotti-no-jam-silk-clarinet-swab-3064275.html. The Lomax swab also has a tail http://www.lomaxclassic.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=207. If you can't find one, sew a flat shoelace to the bottom end.

I also have a long, straight hemostat http://www.amazon.com/SE-680FS-Locking-Straight-Stainless/dp/B000UHGXDG/ref=sr_1_6?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1430277282&sr=1-6&keywords=straight+hemostat that I use to grab a swab and pull it out

The worst possible thing to try is to come at it from the top.

Ken Shaw

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Re: Scratched bore

Author: GeorgeL ★2017
Date: 2015-04-29 07:57

Good idea on the forceps/hemostat. Harbor Freight also sells them.

They also are very handy for pulling weeks growing next to a cactus.

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Re: Scratched bore

Author: doubleZ
Date: 2015-04-29 23:51

Thanks for all the advice!

Now I just need to find a way to clean out all the torn up swab pieces in the clarinet.

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