Klarinet Archive - Posting 000480.txt from 1998/10

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Professional Clarinetists and Their "Toys"
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 18:57:00 -0400

>I especially have problems with water in my G#/C# and Bb/Eb sliver key
tone
>holes. This results in pads looking bad in a relatively short period of
>time--i.e., several months. I'll try cork pads for these keys next
time.

There's a page on Sneezy talking about that very problem. One of the
uses of bore oil is to paint lines around the problem holes with oil,
making it difficult for water to get in them.
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