Klarinet Archive - Posting 001062.txt from 1999/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet in intensive care
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 03:46:38 -0400

Dear David P.,
I presume you're doing this to perfect your skills. Since it's an Edgware,
it can hardly be for the sake of the instrument.....
Roger S.
(who's borrowed them and loathes them)

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Pegrem, David wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:40:15 +1000
> From: "Pegrem, David" <David.Pegrem@-----.au>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Clarinet in intensive care
>
> I've acquired an old Boosey and Hawkes Edgeware clarinet that has suffered a
> fair bit of abuse. Basically its in intensive care and needs resuscitation.
> The wood looks totally dried out and the black dye has just about rubbed off
> the surface, leaving a nice wood grain showing through.
>
> I'd prefer to work on it myself and learn something as opposed to putting in
> to a workshop and learning nothing. I already have two other clarinets so if
> the operation is unsuccessful I can still lavish my devotion on the other
> two.
>
> What could I use to bring the grain out further, oil and seal the clarinet
> with?
>
>
>
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