Klarinet Archive - Posting 001540.txt from 1999/01

From: "Steven J Goldman, MD" <gpsc@-----.com>
Subj: RE: RE: [kl] Bore Oil
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 07:24:54 -0500

I would not use lemon oil. It may be OK but its not really an oil. It is a
man made, non-polymerizing material like Selmer Bore Oil, but the lemon
extract they add may adversely affect the wood over a long period of time (I
don't know this for a fact).

By the way, if you have kids, don't keep lemon oil in the house. They like
the smell and think it's a drink. It's a hydrocarbon (like turpentine etc.)
and several fatal ingestions occur each year!

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausman@-----.com]
Subject: Re: RE: [kl] Bore Oil

At 04:16 PM 1/30/99 EST, CEField wrote:
>I use almond oil from the health food store twice a year on my own
clarinets.
>And I routinely oil any wood clarinets that I work on. Isn't it logical to
>treat a fine wood instrument like a fine piece of furniture? (I'm serious
as I
>write this but I'm starting to chuckle as I think of all the times Abe
Galper
>has reminded me to practice.)
>
Makes sense. I have never heard of anybody saying NOT to put lemon oil on
your wood furniture, but I HAVE heard people recommend against using wax on
it. By the way, is there any reason not to use lemon oil? It would smell
nice, and would blend well with the orange peels. And is it polymerizing
or not?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
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