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A question about swabs

Author: ptarmiganfeather
Date: 2012-12-30 06:30

I am probably doing something criminal. I am using one of those fuzzy double ended swabs on my plastic oboe. I even used one in my previous oboe life way back in high school, and actually didn't know the details about pull through swabs until recently. Yes, ignorance is bliss, because I finally realized that the fuzzy swabs make lint, and lint is bad for tone holes. Probably a slew of other evils associated with fuzzy swabs too.

So I need to start using a pull through swab. Do I need more than one? Like a larger one for the middle joint and a smaller one for the top joint?

Since I know how to sew can I make some out of an old silk shirt I ruined by washing but am too cheap to throw away?

Thank you for your answers.

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