Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2018-04-23 21:46
Since you've had it checked we must assume the problem is not a pad or screw or anything to do with the instrument. I've never heard of one kind of clarinet "holding water" more than another - anyone else? I suppose that's to say the problem was water in one or more tone holes. But that wouldn't usually cause the original symptoms reported (except for a wet left thumb; usually water in a tone hole just makes for a bubbly sounding note or two.
I get considerable moisture in my instruments when I play, and if there's time I swab. Otherwise, I just blow the chronic offending tone holes clear from the outside, or sometimes slide a bit of absorbing paper in. The chronic offenders are the side keys, the throat tone keys, maybe the first pad above the l. index finger, maybe the lh sliver key. But internal water has never reduced the situation to "squawking / no tone coming out" in my experience.
There's a number of older threads about the problem of water in tone holes.
Anyway, given the reported symptoms, Dave's suggestion of a reed issue seems likely now. If you're careful with the position of the reed, it might not happen again. But check the tone holes too.
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