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Author: jim lande
Date: 1999-01-25 03:09
I was chatting with Lelia. She uses a silk cloth for swabbing her clarinets. A long time ago I was told that silk was slightly more abrasive than cotton and therefore would wear a wooden clarinet slightly faster. The commercial cloths are all cotton (and occasionally rip inside one of my clarinets -- must have a sharp post.) Cotton is much cheaper.
My mother told me that all the vitamines were in the crust of the bread. I believed her for a long long time.
Anyone know the story?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-01-25 03:12
jim lande wrote:
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I was chatting with Lelia. She uses a silk cloth for swabbing her clarinets. A long time ago I was told that silk was slightly more abrasive than cotton and therefore would wear a wooden clarinet slightly faster. The commercial cloths are all cotton (and occasionally rip inside one of my clarinets -- must have a sharp post.) Cotton is much cheaper.
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Considering that I know of perfectly playable 100 year old clarinets that have been swabbed by silk all those years - I wouldn't worry too much.
You can buy silk swabs from any mail order place. I use one - it's a no name. I paid (I think) $6.00.
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Author: Kylene
Date: 1999-01-25 03:24
I use a silk swab too......no damage to my instruments. I dont know of a brand name either, but its red
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Author: Mark Weinstein
Date: 1999-01-26 00:05
Muncy Winds shows a GEM 100% Silk Swab. Colors are red, blue, green, purple, and black. $8.00/$12.75 for Clarinet and Bass Clarinet, respectively.
The info provided indicates "using weights heavy enough to drop easilt and covered with rubber to prevent damaging the bore".
I doubt that silk v. cotton would be a problem; in fact< I would think thatg silk would be less abrasive than cotton.
RIGHT, the cotton tears easily ... but, I have a feeling that the silk won't win any contests either. my wife has sewn a number of cotton swabs "back to running condition" <grin> my daughter says they were OBVIOUSLY defective in some way!
mw
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