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Re: swabbing the clarinet out several times during a practice session

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-04-25 17:13

I don't like to play any longer than necessary with water gurgling in a tone hole every time I play the note it produces.

In a performance, of course, I have to put up with just blowing the hole clear until a long enough rest or between movement pause lets me pull a swab through.

When I'm just practicing, I often end up having to swab several times in the first 15 or 20 minutes or side Eb/Bb and LH Db/Ab become unusable. If I only clear the hole by blowing into it and blotting it out with cigarette paper, the water is back almost immediately.

I agree with you that the clarinet plays better when water isn't running out of tone holes. I suppose the water under the pad allows air to bubble through as well, so it acts like a leaky pad.

Karl

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