Klarinet Archive - Posting 000287.txt from 1997/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Tom R., I need help
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 03:51:15 -0500

Brown is a perfectly natural colour for "blackwood". Most nice black
clarinets have been dyed. Don't worry about it.
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, J. Blake Arrington wrote:

> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 13:47:28 CST6CDT
> From: "J. Blake Arrington" <JBA7321@-----.EDU>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Cc: "J. Blake Arrington" <jba7321@-----.EDU>
> Subject: Tom R., I need help
>
> I have a Leblanc Concerto that is one year old, and it is rather
> brown in the bore. I started oiling it and have done so 4 times in
> the past two weeks, but the color of the bore is still this awful
> brown color. My instructor called Brannen today and they said that
> Concerto's wood doesn't get treated as well as the Opus and that I
> might have just got some "rough" wood. Should I keep oiling the bore
> about once a week until the color returns to normal. I am in
> Arkansas and the temp and humidity have been going crazy lately,
> which is definitely having an effect on the wood. What should I do?
>
> J. Blake Arrington
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