Klarinet Archive - Posting 001135.txt from 2000/12

From: BEresman@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Moth-eaten pads & moth balls
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 07:56:58 -0500

I went to my "music room" and pulled out an old A clarinet i'm no longer
using because i find i might have a buyer for it. I wanted to check it out
before i commit to selling it. I found that a couple of pads needed to be
replaced due to the efforts of hungry vermin. I inspected my other
instruments and found several to have the same problem. My question is
this: is there an adverse effect to an instrument (be it clarinet, sax or
flute) to having moth balls in the case? I wouldn't do that with
instruments currently in use, but those which are stored for months at a
time. Does the naptha damage lacquer, tarnish silver, dissolve grenadilla,
whatever?

Brent Eresman
YSI Precision Temperature

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