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Re: Water Problems

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-03-09 22:30

The easiest remedy for water in any top joint toneholes is to take the top joint off (and take the reed out), block the tenon with one finger of your right hand and close the fingerplates with your LH fingers.

Blow into the reed socket and open the affected toneholes (one at a time) to blow the water out of them. You can nudge the trill keys with LH 2 and 3 to open them while LH 2 and 3 are still closing their respective fingerplates.

Then do the same thing but this time suck air into the instrument through the affected toneholes as you open them in turn. After you're done, run your pullthrough up the bore to dry it and wipe any water on the joint surface with a piece of absorbant paper (that doesn't tear easily - such as Bounty/Plenty kitchen towel) and blot the pads and tonehole bedplaces to dry them as well. You can use your cigarette paper to blot the pads with - but they only remove water they're in contact with and won't wick water from inside toneholes (especially 8ve vents).

When blotting the pads, let them close onto the paper that's placed between the pad and tonehole and close the pad onto the paper. Then open the key and take the paper out - DON'T drag the wet paper from under closed pads as it can tear (leaving bits of paper stuck to the pad or tonehole) and can also scuff the pad if it's fairly coarse paper.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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