Klarinet Archive - Posting 000657.txt from 2003/09

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] When an old clarinet smells
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:52:17 -0400

Someone wrote:

> Is it the same for a plastic clarinet i didn't think
> they could be put in water.

and then someone replied:

> You would not want to leave it soak for long,
> but a little water will not hurt it all that much.

> Be sure to DRY carefully, ESPECIALLY the
> springs.

Aren't different topics getting mixed up here --- namely, wood
instruments vs. plastic, and clarinets with keywork removed vs. not
removed? Surely nobody meant to recommend oiling the body of a plastic
clarinet? Nor to wash an instrument in soap and water with keywork
still attached?

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