Klarinet Archive - Posting 000538.txt from 2003/05

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: klarinet Digest 20 May 2003 20:15:00 -0000 Issue 4539
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 09:46:59 -0400

On Thu, 22 May 2003, Georg Kühner wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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.

Considering that Steve Fox hand-made that particular basset I'm sure he
had a reason for putting the lacquer on in the 1st place ...

Mark C.

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