Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2013-01-01 19:45
I started with feathers, went on to silken swabs and now I like the microfibre ones.
Feathers don't seem to actually remove any moisture at all.
20 years ago, it seems that silken pull-throughs were made of thicker material. There was a risk of them getting stuck, but only if there was a knot in them (easy thing to happen, had to be careful). Now it seems that they are made of a thinner silk to prevent that, but the result is that they shrivel and end-up not rubbing against the whole bore.
I was surprized at how well microfibre "pull-throughs" work. You don't actually pull them throught: with the oboe assembled, I pull it untill it gets jammed in the top joint, then I remove the top joint to pull out the swab bottom. This works like a charm and tone holes don't get water in them either.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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