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Author: oboeblank
Date: 2004-10-04 14:08
Get yourself a knitting needle, a very long one and push the material through. You need to cut the swab off just above the reed well or socket. A knitting needle will do nothing to the bore because it is not sharp enough to scratch or gouge. A technician will give you a long spiel about being careful and on and on and on.
My advice to avoid this; use feathers (if you have a wooden oboe) or if you love swabs a silk pull-through vareity-they are really acetate or poly blends not silk. Cotton swabs are not normally the pull-through variety because the material is far too thick to pass through the tight opening of the upper joint, furthermore they are pretty terrible because they can deposit lint in the octave vent and give you a persistent water problem which will then require you to remove the octave vent and give it a cleaning.
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kmhtoboe |
2004-10-01 17:56 |
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Ken Shaw |
2004-10-01 19:42 |
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Heliman |
2004-10-01 23:37 |
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kmhtoboe |
2004-10-04 10:54 |
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oboeblank |
2004-10-04 14:08 |
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d-oboe |
2004-10-06 00:04 |
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Northreed |
2004-10-14 15:10 |
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Ken Shaw |
2004-10-14 21:51 |
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tweety |
2004-10-19 23:00 |
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