Ultimate OBOE Swab REVIEW (and How to Clean Your Oboe!)
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2021
- Hello oboists and oboe fans! In this week's video I am reviewing four different swabs carried by www.oboe-shop.de/ who have sponsored this video! I also show you how to clean your oboe as well as two different methods for getting water out of your keys. If you'd like to skip straight to the review you can go to 3:49.
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Great video; thanks, Ron! I think we all shared your joy at around the 5:32 mark :-)
😂😂😂 agreed!
Very cool video for we #oboenerds. Thanks also for reviewing the "tap" method for removing water from tone holes -- I didn't remember how to do it.
Great video! I teach taking the oboe apart to swab but I definitely see the merits of having a one piece swab especially if you need to get water out fast. I am torn about usin feathers (I use a turkey feather). I know swabs do a better job removing moisture overall, but I think a feather can help get water out of toneholes better. In the winter I have a harder time with getting water in my tone holes and for me a feather helps. Outside of winter I use a silk swab.
I fully admit that I read way to far into this. I always love trying new ways if doing things!
Thank you Ron Oboeron for this demonstration and comparison of swabs. I'm a brand new oboe student, using a rental oboe that comes in a case labeled "SELMER", and two silk swabs. One of the silk swabs came from the "GIARDINELLI OBOE CARE KIT", and has a very small diameter cylindrical weight. The other silk swab came in the oboe case, and has an even smaller cylindrical weight. Both of these cylinders appear to be smaller than all the cylinders of the swabs that you demonstrated in this video. However, neither of these cylinders are narrow enough to pass through the upper joint of my oboe. They appear to get blocked close to the place where the reed fits. Do you have any idea what's going on with this? Thank you for your thoughts.
I actually use an oboe swab for my one piece soprano sax.
Thank you for this video. I would have appreciated it, if you had included turkey feathers in the comparison. After having a swab get stuck like a very tight cork, I will NEVER use a swab again.
I collab'd with an oboist a three or four years ago, czcams.com/video/QpdxxDuP_Ls/video.html and I saw her swabbing out her instrument. I asked her "What happened to turkey feathers?" She looked at me like I had just landed from Mars, and said, "You used TURKEY FEATHERS?" That was the practice when I was studying.
When I was an oboe player in the 1980's, I took oboe lessons from an oboist in a symphony orchestra, who also taught me to use a WHITE turkey feather to clean my oboe.
Tonight, I played my oboe for the first time in YEARS, and came to this video to see if I had cleaned it correctly after playing. Apparently not, since I used my trusty white turkey feather and cigarette paper LOL.