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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2007/02
From: "Edward B. Flowers" <flowerse@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Old oboes --- was :Age of my English Horn
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:17:43 -0500
Hinrich,
Most of the repair manuals have a chapter on moisture absorption and
bore shrinkage. You can also Google some very detailed descriptions of
this process on the Internet.
I've accepted the Sawicki approach and started swabbing more frequently
to slow moisture absorption in the bore. Frequent swabbing also almost
entirely cures the problem of water blocking the tone holes.
David Teitelbaum has convinced me that oiling the bore makes the wood
soggy and causes the tone to deteriorate. Waxing the bore is better, but
I'm not doing this either (Teitelbaum/Laubin treats the bores with
carnuba wax to slow moisture absorption). I'm just frequently swabbing,
and it seems to work fine.
Edward B. Flowers (ob)
New York City
Hinrich wrote:
> Am I mistaken, or did I hear somewhere that it is harder and harder to
> find well seasoned (dried, not peppered) wood for oboes. There seems
> to be some logic to this, since it is true for other instrument woods.
>
> Also, I am confused by the statement about the bore absorbing moisture
> and shrinking. Can anybody help?
>
> Hinrich
>
>
> On Feb 3, 2007, at 15:13, Edward B. Flowers wrote:
>
>> Sameer,
>>
>> As far as the Lorees are concerned, newer is better--the Lorees just
>> get better and better. Loree has improved their oboes a lot over the
>> years. Also the wooden bore hasn't had time to absorb moisture and
>> shrink. Fortunately, this shrinkage process takes a long time.
>
>
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