Klarinet Archive - Posting 000537.txt from 2003/05

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: klarinet Digest 20 May 2003 20:15:00 -0000 Issue 4539
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 09:44:17 -0400

Am 21.05.2003 11:32 Uhr schrieb "Keith" unter <100012.1302@-----.com>:

> Hmmm I don't think this is obvious, as the lacquer may be there for a
> purpose. I asked Steve Fox about oiling my new basset horn, and he said
> it wouldn't do anything (apart from a little cosmetic treatment now and
> then on the outside), since the bore and tone holes were lacquered with
> a thin coat of shellac. I am certainly not removing this! This is for
> cocobolo, not grenadilla, and the former does not take such a high
> polish as grenadilla without the lacquer. Now, the surface finish of the
> wood definitely affects the tone through skin friction (see Benade), so
> if you remove the lacquer you are likely to change the sound. Cocobolo
> is also a little more affected by moisture changes in the air, so the
> shellac also plays a role in sealing the wood and inhibiting these
> changes.
>
> What was your reasoning, Georg?

I play the Wurlitzer 100c and when Wurlitzer made the first overhaul they
took out this "kind" of lacquer. I think they put this lacquer in to make it
easier to break the clarinet in. But the sound improves very much after it
is takeb out.

Best Georg
>

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