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Yamaha Cleaning Swab - Bassoon

Yamaha Cleaning Swab - Bassoon

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Yamaha Cleaning Swab - Bassoon

Keep Your Bassoon in Pristine Playing Condition 

The Yamaha Cleaning Swab for bassoon is a high-quality accessory designed to keep your instrument clean and in optimal condition. This special microfibre cloth is ultra-absorbent, ensuring efficient moisture removal from the instrument. It's also machine-washable, making it easy to maintain and reuse.

The lint-free design ensures that no unwanted fibres are left behind, and it doesn't bunch up when used, providing a smooth and effective cleaning process. Whether you're a beginner or a professional bassoonist, this Yamaha Cleaning Swab is a valuable tool for maintaining the cleanliness and performance of your bassoon.

Maintaining Your Bassoon:

Thoroughly wipe away all internal moisture

If water is allowed to remain on the inside surfaces of the bassoon, it could swell. Use a cleaning swab to wipe away all moisture without fail after every performance.
* Using a Yamaha swab with an instrument made by another manufacturer may cause problems, such as the swab becoming stuck in the bore, as there may be differences in the bore diameter. Please exercise caution.

Tenor Joint

Thoroughly dry any water that has collected in the tone holes of the tenor joint by passing through a cleaning swab after blowing the water into the interior of the body. As the swab emerges, take care not to damage the pad on the whisper key (pianissimo key).

Maintenance of the tenor joint

Double joint

  1. 1. Empty any water that has collected in the U-tube via the narrow end of the tube. Take care to avoid pointing the C# tone hole directly downwards while doing this, otherwise water may accumulate.

    Maintenance of the double joint. Step 1

  2. 2. Insert the weight for a double joint cleaning swab into the bore on the bass joint side (the wider bore), and pull it out of the tenor joint side, to remove any moisture.

    Maintenance of the double joint. Step 2

  3. 3. If moisture remains in the wider bore of the double joint, be sure to remove the U-tube and thoroughly dry any moisture within the bore. Also, if moisture remains on the inner surface of the A♭ tone hole at this time, wipe dry thoroughly.

    Maintenance of the double joint. Step 3

  4. 4. To prevent leakage of air, apply a small amount of cork grease to the surface of the cork packing attached to the U-tube.

    Maintenance of the double joint. Step 4
Washing the reed to remove dirt

"Bird feathers" can be used to clean dirt from the inside of the reed, and can be purchased from musical instrument stores. Soak the reed in a large cup, and insert the feather from the end that is attached to the bocal during play (the end wound with yarn) then rotate the feather while moving it in and out of the reed to remove any dirt. However, it is important to take care when doing this as the tip of the reed is exceptionally thin, and it is possible to break or damage it if the feather gets caught on the reed during cleaning. 

Other Important Bassoon Maintenance:

Taking care of the bassoon's finish

Wipe the surface of the instrument gently with a polishing cloth.

Taking care of the keys

Wipe the keys of the bassoon with a polishing cloth or a silver cloth.

Maintenance of the pads

Remove dirt and moisture from the pads by inserting cleaning paper into the small spaces between them and the tone holes.

Apply key oil once a month

It is a good idea to apply a small amount of key oil between the keys and key posts around once a month. Wipe away any excess oil with cleaning paper. Any dust or debris in the small spaces such as the gaps between the instrument body and the keys should be removed using a tone hole cleaner. * Please take care to avoid damaging tone holes or other parts of the instrument with the metal part of the tone hole cleaner.

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