Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2012-12-30 07:41
I use a Hodge silk clarinet swab (the type with the long, thin drop weight, not the chain type) for oboe, oboe d'amore, and English horn. Not a "pull through" swab- it is big enough that you will not be tempted to try to pull it through the upper joint of an oboe. On occasion, the weight of the Hodge clarinet swab will not pass through the reed receiver on some oboes. I have found that if you take pliers to the existing crimp on the metal weight and crush it smaller, the weight will pass though the reed receiver on almost any oboe. Using a Hodge clarinet swab, I do not have to concern myself with finding separate swab sizes for any of the various oboe instruments...
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