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 Cigarette Papers: Any REAL Need?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2008-08-18 00:42

I only use the thinnest cigarette papers as feeler gauges for checking pad seating and regulation. Other than that I never use them for anything else.

I see people fussing about all the time with cigarette papers when they get water in toneholes, dabbing here and there but never actually getting to the root of the problem. But what exactly does it do that a good shake of the offending joint or blowing the water out of them won't cure?

More oftern than not I see oboes or clarinets with fragments of cigarette paper stuck to pads or toneholes which will only make matters worse as this causes leaks.

Sticky skin pads can be temporarily cured with a blot on a piece of cigarette paper, but they become sticky again before long unless they and their tonehole is cleaned properly. Cork pads rarely stick and can be cured by a good clean if they do (as well as cleaning the tonehole).

Whenever I get the gurgles or blockes 8ve bushes, I blow or suck the water out of them by closing all the toneholes, blocking the tenon and while blowing, open the relevant key to blow the water out and then suck it to be sure it's clear.

Any excess water that gets blown out can be wiped or dabbed off with a handkerchief (which is kept in my pocket) or pullthrough, and any water that has been sucked into the bore will be absorbed (along with the rest of the condensation) by running a pullthrough up through the joint.

Although I do carry Rizlas in with my reed tools, I have never used them for this purpose myself, but have let others use them if they ask me for them when they get water trouble - not that they do much anyway and I sit back and watch then faffing about trying to cure a problem.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2008-08-18 18:08)

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