Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2001/10

From: "Mr. Luby D. Jackson" <ldjiii@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Benefits of Oiling the Bore...
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 03:27:09 -0400

Is it also a good practice to oil those hard plastic bodies too?
--- William Wright <Bilwright@-----.net> wrote:
> <><> Tim Roberts wrote:
> I've read opinions on this list from people I trust state that
> grenadilla is so hard it takes weeks for oil and moisture to
> penetrate
> the surface to any appreciable degree.
>
>
>
> ....if you lare able to find it in the Klarinet archives, there
> is
> mention of a well-known person (I don't remember the name) who kept a
> chunk of grenadilla floating in some sort of bore oil for many years
> (10
> years? 20 years?). Whenever someone challenged him, he would take
> the
> block out of the oil and show that oil hadn't moved appreciably into
> the
> wood. I don't remember the details --- perhaps he cut a slice off
> the
> block to show the cross-section, or perhaps he weighed the block on a
> balance.
>
> ....on the other hand, when I bought a rosewood flute recently
> (the
> wood didn't seem as dense as grenadilla), I worried that it might
> crack
> because of weather changes in transit, and I oiled it with almond oil
> before I left the store.
>
> Superstition or a good decision....?
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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