Hodge Silk Flute Swab - Blue

I bought this after some advice that silk was the best for cleaning a flute head joint. It’s very nice and does the job without leaving lint behind. However, at the price I could have bought a piece of pure silk cloth from a dress shop.

I have a new wooden flute, so I have to be extra careful about swabbing it. I wanted a green one and this is the only one I could find. It is a great swab and much bigger than the black one that I'd been using for years. It's very expensive, even more so than the burgundy swab, which is strange. I held off buying it for a while because of the price, but it should last for years, so I finally ordered it. Delivery was fast and I'm happy to have it.

This is a fine addition to my flute cleaning arsenal, which is this and a microfiber cloth for the exterior. If you are interested and have some old silk fabric around the house, this measure approximately 18"x21" (45cmx53cm). Highly recommended.

This flute swab cloth is great. It is easy to use and easy to clean.

I liked that it arrived, I didn't like it had to be ordered twice. It was a little smaller than we had hoped but it ended up being free so hard to complain. It does do the job and is basically everything it was advertised to be, other than being delivered on the guaranteed date but again, they worked that out so not a big deal I guess. I would likely order it again.

This silk cloth works so well, I came back after getting my first one (for my performance flute) to buy a second one for use with my practice flute. It works so much better than the felt-cloth swab I was previously using. I can look down the barrel of the flute to compare moisture streaks left behind with the felt swab versus no streaks left by the silk. The silk is super absorbent and feels moist aftwards from all moisture it picked up - no moisture left behind = longer pad life and longer flute life! This the silk swab may feel wet after swabbing, but it dries amazingly fast. I love both my swabs!