Klarinet Archive - Posting 000408.txt from 1998/09

From: Shouryu Nohe <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] breaking in my R13
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 02:08:19 -0400

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Cox, Graeme wrote:

> Regular application of bore oil early in the instrument's life will help
> prevent the wood fibres absorbing the moisture, and swelling and contracting
> excessively and unevenly.

Francios Kloc, our resident Buffet specialist and clarinet craftsman
sternly admonishes against this practice, Graeme - according to him,
Buffet clarinets need absolutely NO oiling whatsoever - especially not
early on, and the only precautions necessary are to swab every 15 minutes
of playing. Why would you ignore the instructions of the guy making the
clarinet, who's been making clarinet all his life, who comes from a family
of instrument makers?

J. Shouryu Nohe
http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
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