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Moisture causing buzzing sound

Author: CarlT
Date: 2008-12-21 01:56

I have been experiencing something lately in our cool, wet weather that I have not in the past, in warmer, dryer weather. I can play a few minutes, and I start getting a buzzing sound, especially prevalent in the higher clarion notes. It didn’t take long to figure out that it was moisture causing it, for after I would swab the clarinet, take it all apart and dry it out, it would stop for a few minutes and the sound would be good. Then the buzzing would start again.

After several episodes of taking the clarinet apart, I started narrowing it down by only drying the top half of the clarinet, and it would, again, stop for a few minutes. I then narrowed it some more to the point that I was only taking the ligature and reed off, drying off the reed, and only surface cleaning the mouthpiece while still attached to the barrel and clarinet. Buzzing stopped again for a few minutes, but would soon begin again.

Okay, then I wondered, why is moisture accumulating so quickly to do this? I don’t think I am over-salivating. I think it’s more a condensation problem than anything else.

At any rate, do any of you ever experience this type of thing, and if so, what do you do to control it?

CarlT

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