Klarinet Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 1999/02

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] key oiling
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:59:41 -0500

At 01:27 PM 2/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
>ben ellenbogen asked:
>
><<<(1) how often do people oil the key mechanism of their clarinets? (2)
>how is this oiling done? do you need to take anything apart or is it enough
>to simply place a small drop of oil on the moving parts?>>>
>
>I oil my keys when the noise bugs me. The Selmer key oil I use came in its
>own little applicator (which is why I bought it)--a drop or 2 at the rod
>ends will seep in to where it works.
>
>A repair person I used to frequent here in Seattle insisted on using Penzoil
>30 weight--because it had been on sale at the auto supply store 22 years
>earlier (he bought 3 cans).
>
>kjf
>

Wow - now THAT is really a life-time supply. And I was impressed by Roger
Garrett's whole pint of the stuff!

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