Klarinet Archive - Posting 000661.txt from 2003/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] When an old clarinet smells
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:30:22 -0400

At 10:52 PM 9/23/2003 -0700, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>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?

Yes, there is a little mixing going on. Bore oiling, of course, applies
ONLY to wood bodies. All clarinets have springs, though. And we were
discussing the bathing operations being performed with the keys REMOVED. I
am aware of a person who "restores" clarinets (and sells them on eBay) by
immersing them in olive oil for a MONTH or two, keys, pads, and all. He
says it frees up frozen pivot screws and rods. According to him, it also
preserves the pads, turning them leather-like!

I passed on this "restored" clarinet.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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