Klarinet Archive - Posting 000898.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: ITS A FACT (3)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 04:06:41 -0500

Boosey & Hawkes used to provide a *free* cloth for polishing keys with
their instruments - and a second one for shining up the wood!
Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:45:56 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: ITS A FACT (3)
>
> On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, avrahm galper wrote:
>
>
> > The keys of your clarinet can be kept clean and shining with a
> > chemically treated cloth for polishing silver, which can be bought at
> > most house furnishing stores for half a dollar.(this is 1950!)
>
> All the advice I have ever heard concerning this subject is precisely the
> opposite of the above. I'm quite sure it is best NOT to use a chemically
> treated cleaning cloth on the keys of any woodwind. The problem is that
> whatever chemicals are involved can get on the pads, thereby accelerating
> their deterioration and eventual demise.
>
> Ed Lacy
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> Dr. Edwin Lacy University of Evansville
> Professor of Music 1800 Lincoln Avenue
> Evansville, IN 47722
> el2@-----.edu (812)479-2754
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>
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