Klarinet Archive - Posting 000148.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] vintage Buffet "A" clarinet
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:23:49 -0500

Thanks, Walt!
Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] vintage Buffet "A" clarinet

> In a message dated 2/6/2003 2:10:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
raycraft@-----.com writes:
>
> > My repair guy said he didn't think I'd need to worry about breaking
it in, so I started right in playing it for 2 to 3 hours a day... Guess
what? It got a couple of nasty
> cracks in it within two weeks!!! Bummer. I don't want that to happen to
this one...>>
>
> Sue -
>
> When I get really old clarinets like that, I strip them and immerse them
in oil for about a week. Really seems to help. I use a solution of oild
which contains mostly Almond oil. Really seems to bring the wood back.
>
> Walter
> www.clarinetXpress.com
> oil immersion therapies
>
>
>
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