Klarinet Archive - Posting 000682.txt from 2000/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Key oil.
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:13:48 -0400

At 07:11 AM 6/17/2000 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>At 07:56 AM 06/17/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>When I recently had my clarinet overhauled I asked the technician what
>>she used or recommended for 'key oil'. Her reply was "10W30". Yep,
>>just like in your automobile. Anyone else use this??
>>
>>Tom W
>
>I do. I bought a little bottle with a needle that allows one to apply it
>more easily - completely filled - from Bill Brannen in 1990. The oil is
>about halfway gone, but that's what he recommended then.
>
10W30 may not be the FASTEST oil for the mechanism, but it IS the QUIETEST.
If your action is a little loose, thick oil is just the thing.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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