Klarinet Archive - Posting 000396.txt from 1999/03

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] oiling wood clarinets
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 06:33:54 -0500

From: Steven J Goldman, MD <sjgoldman@-----.com>

>I ain't agona get into this again. Mark is well meaning but dead wrong.

Steve - I presented evidence that was in opposition to yours - but never
said (to my recollection) not to oil the clarinet. In fact, I _do_ oil
my clarinet occasionally, but never could find any scientific evidence
that oiling it _did_ anything, only anecdotal evidence, and there are
(still) some contrary opinions. _That's_ what the whole thing was about.

However, there is some scientific evidence (as a reader pointed out)
that says oiling does have beneficial results, and I accept those.

Some of the things musicians do are out of folklore, which may or may
not have any solid backing - oiling seems to be _not_ one of those.

You seem to have missed the whole point of my discussion with you on
oiling - it was just a presentation of contrary evidence showing that
there is still disagreement with what you assumed to be a "well-known
fact".

Cheers,
----
Mark Charette@-----.org/clarinet
"Cards by Aimee", http://www.sneezy.org/Aimee
"The phenomenon is too variable for proper study" often
translates from "I don't know how to get musicians to do
anything twice the same" - A. H. Benade

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