Klarinet Archive - Posting 001010.txt from 1997/08

From: clarinat@-----.com (Nathaniel Johnson)
Subj: Re: Increase your Grease
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 17:20:54 -0400

Yes, one certainly CAN grease one's corks too much. Case-in-point:
I did a parade in Dallas a few years ago and as we were walking back to
our bus, the bottom half or my clarinet fell off of the top half (the
half that I was holding), and landed on the street. I had over-greased
that joint and the hot June weather had made the grease especially
slippery. Although the bell got dinged, I luckily still had my lyre on
and that saved the keys from being damaged. It has also happened that as
I pull the swab through my instrument that joint separates and the top
half of the instrument is left hanging by the swab. Part of the problem
in both these cases was probably that the cork was wearing out at that
time, but over-greasing was definitely a factor.

Nathaniel Johnson
Conductor / Clarinettist
All-Around Good Guy
University of Northern Colorado
clarinat@-----.com

On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 16:47:45 -0700 pharmacy <pharmacy@-----.com>
writes:
>I haven't seen this subject approached at all in the short time I've
>been
>a list member, but I may as well throw it in there and show everyone
>how
>green I am. Is one kind of cork grease better than another, or are
>they
>all pretty much the same? Can one grease one's corks too much? My
>clarinet
>goes together with some degree of difficulty and I tend to grease the
>corks quite often. Is this OK? Another question: what is cork grease
>made
>of? I kid you not, my dog loves to eat cork grease! Is it safe? I
>don't
>feed him a steady diet of it but he gets the occasional nibble when
>I'm
>not looking. (No, Bill and Scott, his jaws do not go together more
>easily
>after this.) Well, it's a dumb set of questions but I would like some
>input on this. Oh Lord, it's hard to be a rookie!
>Carol
>

   
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