Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2005/02

From: "Rommel John Miller" <rjmiller@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] loose barrel rings
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:55:54 -0500

List,

mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
oy, am I a klutz or what?

Also almond oil sound good, I will try it.
Olive is a little too heavy, but it does soak into the wood so nicely and
evenly.

Call me obsessive, but isn't there also a way to protect pad when oiling?
Personally I like to take small pieces of wax paper and place them under a
closed
key, this way if any oil does dribble or even migrate toward the pads, the
wax
paper will serve sufficiently as a buffer or dam.

All this takes time and care, but as we all undoubtedly know, the more we
love
and care of a prized thing, either an old vintage car which we restore, or a
clarinet,
oboe or basson we adore, it is the time and effort we put into keeping the
thing
beautiful and in good working order that is rewarded with longevity.

I will however never dispute that entropy plays a big role in all of this
too.
And Murphy's Law is true no matter how well you manage to take care of
anything.

But I am sorry for ruffling feathers, as a newbie, I just thought I would
pipe in.
I am grateful to Aaron and Ormondtoby for their advice.

I will learn from this experience.

Peace,

Rommel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Hayden" <haydenmusic@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] loose barrel rings

> Rommel, AMEN
>
> Aaron Hayden
> Aaron Hayden Band Instrument Repair
> Cape Coral, Fl 33990
> 239-297-8643
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ormondtoby Montoya" <orm1ondtoby@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] loose barrel rings
>
>
>> Rommel, just so you know, oiling has been discussed to death on
>> Klarinet. I'm sure that many subscribers have decided to hold their
>> tongues this time around.
>>
>> If you're curious about other people's opinions on oil, search the
>> Klarinet archives for "oil". You'll see that most of us are aware of
>> it, and you'll see that opinion is far from unanimous insofar as daily
>> care is concerned (as opposed to rescuing a truly dessicated
>> instrument).
>>
>>
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