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Author: Jimis4klar
Date: 2021-07-29 22:40
When do we understand that It's time we have to take the clarinet to a technician to clean the insides of It? I have some months I haven't cleaned It and when I make trills, in some notes started to stop speaking after 2-3 seconds.. Is that a sign I have to take my clarinet for cleaning?
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2021-07-30 00:46
Swab your instrument out every time you use it. Also never eat or drink anything but water while playing. It's a good idea to brush your teeth quick (you don't need to use toothpaste) before playing, or at least swish out your mouth good with water.
If the bore or the tone hole chimneys look cruddy it probably needs disassembled and cleaned.
If you swab it out, and it looks clean everywhere, you may just have a condensation issue. A tech (or you) can put a little oil around the hole in the bore with a cue tip. That should cause the water to run around the holes instead of in them. Don't get any oil on the pads!
Crud in the bore can attract water, and cause condensation to form there.
- Matthew Simington
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Author: Jimis4klar
Date: 2021-07-30 01:16
I do swab my horn every time after playing and I don't eat. Thanks for the tips, I will ask my technician..
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-07-30 01:45
There can be build up that is tricky to remove in the under cutting area of the bore. Build up not only causes condensation to be worse but can make you play flatter (the clarion notes are affected more by this).
One tip I got recently to help stop the condensation blockage is to use wedges (those cork ones you see at shops.....or create ones out of wine cork or soft rubber) to prop the problem keys open overnight. Usually, allowing the tone holes to dry out thoroughly this way can almost eliminate the condensation blockage. it did for me.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: BethGraham
Date: 2021-07-30 03:07
> I will ask my technician..
That's your best bet to getting help on this.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-07-30 17:05
Clarinets should be serviced at regular intervals every one to two years depending on how much playing you're doing. If you're doing a lot of playing, get it serviced yearly and that will address everything provided whoever is doing the servicing is thorough.
All you can do yourself as part of your own maintenance routine is the general upkeep by mopping it out after playing, drying the sockets with a piece of kitchen roll and not your pullthorough as that will get cork grease on it and that builds up in the toneholes, keeping the tenons and tenon corks in good condition and frequently greased (but not caked in grease), wiping the keywork and joints down after playing to remove perspiration and grease and also cleaning out the fingerholes with cotton buds/Q-tips to remove any build-up of dead skin, oil and grease that accumulates in them.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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