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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000000.txt from 2003/04

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Mildew in the case
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 00:17:08 -0500

Rapeseed (Canola) or Sweet Almond works for me on the bassoon, but as with
hemmorhoids, direct sunlight to the affected area is the only consistently
reliable treatment for mold.
Herb

> From: William R Brohinsky <onlyocelot@-----.com>
> Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:57:07 -0500
> To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Mildew in the case
>
> My thanks to all who responded. I now have a far better battery of
> solutions (problematic and fluid) to try.
>
> In case anyone wanted to know, my immediate solution was to pull out the
> old WX-7 midi wind controller and throw a 4-op FM synth clarinet voice
> on it. Keeping the volume just under the saxes, and hiding behind the
> song leader (who is just enough wider than I am that I can do that), and
> no one knew that it wasn't a clarinet. It's a coward's way out, but at
> least I can breathe today.
>
> I'll be exposing the case to sunlight just as soon as CT manages to have
> some, and probably swabbing the bore of the clarinet with the light
> bleach solution, then again with deionized water, drying and letting it
> sit out to dry for a while. Then I'm going to oil it up, with brings me
> to a new question:
>
> Is there a good reason why I shouldn't oil the bore with the same oil I
> use on my rosewood baroque recorder?
>
> raybro
>
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