Klarinet Archive - Posting 000817.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] oil?
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:48:18 -0400

At 09:47 AM 9/22/98 -0400, Ken Wolman wrote:
>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.
>
>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?
>
Obviously, opinion varies on this issue. I seriously doubt that there is
any significant difference in the wood Selmer uses/used vs. that which
Buffet or anyone else uses, so that should not be the reason for the
difference. The importance of bore oiling may be old wive's tale, or it
just might be wisdom of the ages. Personally, I occasionally do it, but I
don't get paranoid if I don't get around to it for a long while. I do
notice, though, that the hairline crack in the barrel of my old Rene Dumont
disappears after I oil it. I must assume at least SOME oil is soaking in!

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