Klarinet Archive - Posting 000486.txt from 1998/09

From: mbundi@-----. Bundi)
Subj: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 14 Sep 1998 08:15:02 -0000 Issue 485
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:36:37 -0400

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:52:57 EDT Felix1297@-----.com writes:

>Regular Application of bore oil early in the instrument's life will
>not help
>prevent the wood fibres absorbing the moisture,It will make the wood
>work and
>move. Like Ed said in his respons the grenadilla wood or Mpingo is
>very oily
>and it need time to dry and it will certainly not happend after few
>months.
>Sometime nothing will happend but often the wood will swell or schrink
>and the
>craking problem will appear. I don't say that oil will make crack I
>say it
>will make the wood move.
>
>Musically yours
>
>Francois Kloc
>Woodwind Product Specialist
>Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments Inc.
>
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Dear Francois,

I'm sorry, but I'm unclear as to what "working and moving" in wood is. Is
this between the wood fibers themselves, or do you mean something else?
Is this working and moving what causes cracking? Please explain.

Also, I've heard that clarinets are no longer being made out of
60-year-old grenadilla wood, simply because there are no more of the
older trees, and that the newer instruments are being made out of younger
(and perhaps less desirable) wood. Any comments?

Marcia

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