Klarinet Archive - Posting 000909.txt from 1998/02

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: ITS A FACT (3)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:11:35 -0500

On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Mitch Bassman wrote:

> At 09:00 AM 2/25/98 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>
> > Boosey & Hawkes used to provide a *free* cloth for polishing keys
> > with their instruments - and a second one for shining up the wood!
>
> My Buffet A clarinet, purchased in 1969, came with such a cloth for
> polishing the keys.

On someone's recommendation, I went to a jeweler's supply house, and
bought a "Selvyt" cloth. It is a non-chemical polishing cloth - soft,
relatively lint-free, and it seems to work well. Selvyt makes two sizes -
the larger one is best.

Ed Lacy
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