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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2008/04

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oil query
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:36:57 -0400

And, David, probably McDonald's. It is a gold mine of fat, empty carbs, and
sodium. Best fries around, though.
Herb

On 4/15/08 10:24 AM, "David Lurie" <klingsor@-----.com> wrote:

> Hi Herb
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> He's not talking about oiling the wood, only the mechanism of the key rod=
s.
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> BTW, as for bread, since I am diabetic, I find
> even one small slice is enough to send my blood
> glucose levels sky high, So I avoid most bread, rice and potatoes.
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> David
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> At 01:11 PM 4/15/2008, you wrote:
>> Hi All,
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>> At the IDRS session in Muncie, a couple of years ago,
>> Linda Strommen of Indiana U gave a superb two day (a
>> couple of hours each day) session on oboe reeds. Part
>> of the session included a video feed live from John
>> Symer's workshop in New Jersey. He said the best oil
>> bar none for oiling key rods in wind instruments was
>> gear oil, yes, the kind you put in differentials &
>> trannys of our horseless carriages. I asked him
>> through the open mike at the session if you could
>> also use automatic tranny fluid. He said you could but
>> it wasn't as thick as gear oil & therefore wouldn't
>> last quite as long. I have been using Dexron II ATF
>> ever since I got back from Muncie. Works like a dream,
>> plus it is a maroon color so it shows up very nicely.
>> You can see exactly how much is going onto the rods.
>> Great also for oiling gougers as well as their blades.
>> A quart of this stuff will no doubt last a lifetime.
>> Certainly more economical than the stuff sold in few
>> ounce bottles at music shops. I keep a stash on my
>> reed table in a Caltrate pill bottle. About once a
>> year, I fill my General oil drop dispenser. I've been
>> using ATF at the rate of 2 to 3 times a year on the
>> oboe, or each time I clean pads/tone holes & on my Dan
>> Ross gouger after each use, which is about once a
>> week. My 2=A2 FWIW
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>> By the way Ron Fox, a chemist & superb oboist from the
>> San Diego area says the tranny fluid is fine. I even
>> think he uses it.
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>> Any thoughts, Mike Benthin, David C. & Harold?
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>> http://www.generaltools.com/Products/Precision-Oiler__589.aspx
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>> Best,
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>> john
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>> --- David Crispin / Crispin's Creations
>> <crispinscreations@-----.net> wrote:
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>>> I'm not familiar with a green oil. To the best of my
>>> knowledge, the favored
>>> oil for woodwind keys is Nye clock oil, a synthetic
>>> concoction. Loyalty to
>>> this brand is so fierce among its users that I'm in
>>> the process of adopting
>>> it as a product. I'd be rolling it out in the next
>>> few days if it weren't
>>> for the fact that the syringes I bought as
>>> applicators came to me without
>>> needles on them.
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>>> David Crispin
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
>>> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>>> Cc: <doublereeds@-----.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:30 AM
>>> Subject: [DR-L] Oil query
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>>>> Dear Lists
>>>> Thanks for all your feedback.Despite all my
>>> complaints in the past about
>>>> not enough music being discussed herein, I too am
>>> becoming a
>>>> gadget-product inquirer.Oh well ,we are not any
>>> better than our
>>>> equipment,Baqroque oboist(a top one) Steve Hammer
>>> once told me.
>>>> Today~s query--purchased a green substance which
>>> looks like it came from
>>>> Mars from Oboeworks in NYC .It is special oil for
>>> the oboe.Any experience
>>>> with this one--feedback,feedback plse
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>>>> Rgds,
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>>>> harold emert
>>>> rio-brazil
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>>>> PS--One more query about the old country(USA)
>>> ---where does one find low
>>>> fat food in fastfood dives--whenever I requested
>>> anything light on my
>>>> recent voyage to NJoisey and NYork was told by the
>>> server that he or she
>>>> could cut the product in half.
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