Hodge Silk Clarinet Swab - Black - 2024 report by Whydis
Hodge Silk Clarinet Swab - Black
Color:Black
Hodge Silk Swabs are premium swabs made from 100 percent silk for removing moisture from woodwind instruments after each use. Hodge uses silk because it is absorbent, has no lint and is compressible. The swabs are large enough to wick t...
The silk does a fine job of absorbing moisture and gently polishing the bore
She loves it, and, being that it is silk, it does a much better job
These do a decent job of cleaning my daughters' clarinets, but the cloth is thin (it is silk, after all), and perhaps there needs to be a bit more of it to better reach the edges of the barrel
It is quite absorbent and seems to do a better job than my cotton swab
The shape of the swab itself does a good job of swabbing and cleaning
These do a decent job of cleaning my daughters' clarinets, but the cloth is thin (it is silk, after all), and perhaps there needs to be a bit more of it to better reach the edges of the barrel
My daughter is very happy with the item
The weight and cord are the right length and heft for dropping down the clarinet, and the material doesn't catch or snag as it pulls through
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I could be wrong about this, but, in any case, the lighter, gentler weight of a shoe string end is enough to pull the string through the shaft
Anyway, great swab, the weight is perfect, and has a pretty minimalistic design which I like.
I cut off the weight at the end of the cord and replaced it with part of a shoe string because I'm afraid that a heavy weight continually knocking against the instrument might eventually slightly erode it
There is a good weight at the bottom of the string that works well.
The weight on the end of those ended up coming lose and being lost