Klarinet Archive - Posting 000668.txt from 2000/06

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bore Oil
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:45:31 -0400

James,
Does your tech. know of anyone in U.K. who does similar treatments? I have a
pair of 40 year old Leblanc LL`s which are mildly out of tune to say the
least. The bores could certainly benefit, (could not they?), as I think they
have warped.
If he has any other suggestions or ideas (other than throwing them in the
River Thames) to rectify tuning in old instruments, I would be very grateful
to hear them. My local dealer suggested sending them back to Leblanc
near Paris, but I fear that they would only be interested in selling me a
new pair, and not any renewal work.
Advice would also be very welcome from other klarinettists`.
T.I.A. Tony W.

----- Original Message -----
From: <JMarioneau@-----.com>
My tech who works only on clarinets suggested sending it
> to someone he knows who does a hot oil treatment. The instrument (minus
keys
> and posts) is immersed in a heated (I don't know how hot) oil for a week.
He
> said the ones that have come back have been great. They are like a new
> instrument.

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