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Re: Stuffy clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-06-25 18:08

Have you ever done a vacuum test on an alto or tenor sax using a surgeons' glove to seal the bell? Try it with the mouthpiece and reed on - it's hilarious! I don't know why I didn't expect it to do what it did.

The glove acts like a diaphragm and gets sucked into the bell when the vacuum is created. Therefore it will draw air back into the instrument once you take the mouthpiece out of your mouth after sucking the air out from it.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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