Klarinet Archive - Posting 000807.txt from 1998/09

From: "Cox, Graeme" <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
Subj: RE: [kl] oil?
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:12:08 -0400

This seems like a perfectly reasonable idea - this particular horse =
still
has a lot of life left yet! Personally, I regularly oil by instruments =
as
well as the wooden handles of my garden tools! It isn't quite the same
thing, but any treatment that helps reduce the penetration of moisture =
can't
be bad.=20

Here is a quote from the Howarth web site at
http://www.howarth.demon.co.uk/clcare.htm

Constant periods of exposure to warm moist air followed by drying out =
will
cause stress to the wood. Occasional applications of oil to the bore =
are
necessary to keep the wood in prime condition. If the inside of the =
bore
feels and looks dry, a light application of bore oil is beneficial. The =
oil
should be smeared onto a mop or swab kept for this purpose and twirled
inside the bore. Never apply enough oil to drip into the tone holes. A
little often is the secret. Three monthly applications should keep the =
wood
in good condition.

Graeme Cox=20
Graeme.Cox@-----.nz=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Wolman [SMTP:kwolman@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 1:48 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] oil?
>=20
> At the risk of flogging this dead horse again, when I had my CT =
repaired
> back last December, the guy said to run bore oil through it on a swab
> about
> twice a year to keep the wood moist.
>=20
> Is this trip necessary? I've seen arguments that certain kinds of =
horns
> don't need oiling, that it's actually harmful, Don't Try This At =
Home,
> etc.
> Doees anyone have any experience with older Selmer clarinets? IS =
bore
> oil
> at six month intervals a reasonable idea?
>=20
> Ken
>=20
> Kenneth Wolman "From the Meadowlands":
> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1649
> "Whenever a person is able to keep intact those small particles of =
his
> real
> self, nourish them, and then channel their energies into another
> direction,
> he redeems himself because redemption means to salvage oneself, and =
each
> man
> does this whenever he restructures the 'noes' of his life under the
> commanding impulse of a new 'yes'."
> --Jose I. T. Id=EDgoras, "Ignatius of Loyola: The Pilgrim Saint"
>=20
>=20
> =
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