Doublereed Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2008/04

From: John Towle <gtowle839@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Oil query
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:45:37 -0400

Herb,

Beg to differ. In-n-Out Burger makes their fries to
order from honest to gosh spuds which they shape on
site & fry while you wait. Now they ARE fresh &
good!!!

http://www.in-n-out.com/freshness.asp

Best,

john

--- herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > He's not talking about oiling the wood, only the
> mechanism of the key rods.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > David
> >
> > At 01:11 PM 4/15/2008, you wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> 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¢ FWIW
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts, Mike Benthin, David C. & Harold?
> >>
> >>
>
http://www.generaltools.com/Products/Precision-Oiler__589.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> john
> >>
> >> --- David Crispin / Crispin's Creations
> >> <crispinscreations@-----.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> David Crispin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> Rgds,
> >>>>
> >>>> harold emert
> >>>> rio-brazil
> >>>>
> >>>> 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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