Klarinet Archive - Posting 000136.txt from 1996/10

From: Sherri Hill <sheba@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Water in the body of the clarinet
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 16:51:15 -0400

On 5 Oct 96 at 17:43, Nancy Buckman wrote :

> Sherri,
>
> My clarinets are regularly disassembled and washed in warm soapy water and
> have been for many years and then the body is lightly oiled inside and out,
> then wiped dry. The pads are cork and they are washed, too. I do a lot of
> pit playing where we eat while we work, so this has become a necessity. I
> learned this trick from my repairman.

But three years in between the water and bore oil is much too long to wait. It
was a rental Clarinet anyway. Now I cringe at the thought of water coming
near my clarinets. Just ask the poor Trombonist that was spraying his slide and
wet my Eb.

PS aren't shows fun? I love playing in the pit. I'm doing Annie next.

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