Klarinet Archive - Posting 000593.txt from 2003/03

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] oiling
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:40:52 -0500

In a message dated 3/14/2003 4:57:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, el2@-----.edu writes:

> If the above reported experiment has any validity, perhaps
> an oil soak of two to three centuries might be called for. ;-)>>

Ed, I have heard those tales, or rumors for years myself.

Here's the difference - I have tried it myself - over and over - and seen the results. Have you?

If we accept all "old wive's tales" as fact, and not challenge them - we will learn nothing new at all.

Walter Grabner

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