Klarinet Archive - Posting 000283.txt from 2002/12

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] WOO HOO!
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 03:46:36 -0500

Rebecca's R13 pretty certainly has been impregnated with oil already. Whatever
the effect of oiling the *bore* miught be, it can hardly influence the chances
that the instrument might crack.
Roger S.

In message <20021211.233226.3196.0.thanos563@-----.org writes:
> ANother thing to remember is that, from my own experiences is that you
> should assume that a new clarinet, or really any clarinet that is new to
> you, has a relatively un-oiled bore. If nothing else, for the first week
> or so you should regularly oil the bore and keep the playing to the
> minimum just to make sure the wood is properly treated for any kind of
> long-term playing. When I bought my Evette 4 years ago (a wonderful
> instrument..to the point that none of my teacers ever recommended I
> upgrade) I was forced to begin playing with it on my usual schedule right
> away and, much to my dismay, I rather quickly developed a crack the
> length of the barrel that ran straight through. You can only imagine how
> distressing it can be to be playing your new instrment and then suddenly
> discovering a stream of "water" flowing from your barrel. Fortunately
> for me I have a very good and very creative repair guy who manged to save
> the irreplaceable barrel. Fortunately for you, your R13 is less than 80
> years old and has a standard bore size (I have to have the bases of my
> mouthpieces ground down to fi the smaller bore of my barrel). You alos
> won't have to worry about playing an instrument tuned to A442 istead of
> A440. But anyway, all that aside, you really might want to make sure to
> keep the playing down and the wood maintenance up for at least a week so
> the wood has a chance to be truly broken in.
> HAPPY PLAYING!
>
> Wayne
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