[TPIN] Amado water keys

[Bob Morris]

I have been playing my "Wild Thing" on gigs for the last month or so and 
find that no amount of blowing or shaking can remove more than a small 
amount of the water from the tuning slide through the Amado water key. I 
can remove the slide an dump 5 or 10 times the that amount.  Is there a 
solution to this short of replacing the "Amado" with a conventional 
water key. I know these are designed to not protrude into the tubing but 
gurgling halfway through a chart is no fun. As an aside, I have noticed 
that opening the Amado key does not kill the tone, whereas a 
conventional key can only allow a 4th space D to sound when opened.
Suggestions anyone?

Cheers,    -Bob
http://home.comcast.net/~bob_morris/