Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 1999/02

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] key oiling
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:13:02 -0500

Chain oil is a very thick oil and sticky as hell. I use it to lube open
gears on my lathes! Flutists are using 5w30 synthetic oil. It's very
oxidation resistant, penetrating and long lasting. I,too, use it. I put
it in those little squeezable syringes that us cheap skates get computer
printer ink in. It's more controlable than piston syringes.

Ed Maurey

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> From: Cox, Graeme <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
> To: 'klarinet@-----.org'
> Subject: RE: [kl] key oiling
> Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 8:46 PM
>
> I have no idea how often is best, but I oil mine every month or so, prior
to
> practice, or when I think the keys are starting to rattle a little.
>
> The way that I oil is to have a cheap plastic syringe with a short bent
tip
> that I scrounged from my dentist. (He uses them by the hundreds). I have
it
> filled with oil and it sits in a jar on my desk ready for use at any
time.
> The very fine tip allows me to place a very small drop of oil at all the
> moving points on the keys. The job takes about two minutes in total.
Playing
> the instrument then draws the oil into the mechanism. Small amounts end
up
> on the clarinet body, but these are wiped away soon enough.
>
> The type of oil I use is sold for chain-saw lubrication. I also use it on
my
> bicycle chain! It sticks to the metal nicely but never seems to dry out
and
> jam things up. I wonder what other list members use?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graeme Cox
> Christchurch, New Zealand
> Graeme.Cox@-----.nz
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ben ellenbogen & pegeen brosnan [mailto:benel@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 1:16 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] key oiling
>
>
> i have two questions for the group:
> (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?
> thank you,
> ben
>
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