Klarinet Archive - Posting 000920.txt from 1998/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Prepping for my first oil
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 11:25:52 -0500

At 11:20 PM 3/14/98 -0500, David Niethamer wrote:
>Maybe it's spring that brings out all the "oiling the bore" posts! My
>first advice is to look for the August 1994 issue of WW Quarterly, where
>Larry Naylor wrote a very good article about the ins and outs of oiling.
>It once was available on line, and if it still is, there's a link to WW
>Quarterly on the "Other Clarinet Resources" link from my home page (see
>sig file below). BTW, thanks to Clark Fobes for originally bringing this
>article to our attention on KLARINET.
>
>Recently Jack Kissinger kindly mentioned a post of mine from FLUTE at the
>web address below about oiling. But *above* my post is another very good
>one from flutemaker Robert Bigio, who makes wooden flutes and headjoints,
>and knows his business when dealing with wood. See:
>
><http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ross/flutes/oiling.htm>
>
>I'll just add that I've never oiled a clarinet, and never had one crack.
>Luck of the draw, most likely, but from all I've read, oiling doesn't
>seem to be the deciding factor.
>
If the oil only fills the surface pores of the wood as the above article
suggests, would its effect therefore be more on tone quality than cracking
behavior?

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