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Re: Grenadilla Dust in Old Clarinets ?

Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-11-11 18:15

After a week of swabbing in beween a few oilings and playing the center bore is looking less gritty. Swab cloths are no longer sticky and gummy. Tones are becoming muffled so I assume that the swab cloths are building residues in the tone holes. In a month or two I plan to change all of the pads so I will vigorously reclean the toneholes at that time.The moisture swabbing cloths now come out stain free once the excess oil is removed. The oiled cloth no longer binds to gummy residues.
Given that I purchased this grimy clarinet with two accompanying new sealed swab cloths I wonder if the previous owner ever oiled, cleaned or swabbed it. I also wonder how they got it so gummy inside. I assume they may have sucked hard candy while playing. The light bright yellow cloths it came with also show staining more than a darker red one would.Once the cleang is complete I will switch to darker cloths.

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