Klarinet Archive - Posting 000022.txt from 2006/02

From: "danyel" <rab@-----.de>
Subj: [kl] Chapstick? Re: [kl] Cork Grease
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:39:41 -0500

Hi all,

What is this thing called Chapstick? I have heard of Chopstick and
Slapstick, but not Chapstick. Is that an American lip balm brand?
BTW, we use suet of deer and glue the cork with shellac. I never had any
cork troubles. I suspect that on some of my antique clarinets there is still
one or the other original, 19th c. cork.

best wishes from old Europe,
danyel

www.echoton.de/clar.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>

> I've never had problems with rotting corks (just rotten reeds!), and I
> generally put a small amount of grease on at least once a week. Of course
I
> have some special grease made by a clarinetist/pharmacist friend in the
> Phoenix area, which, I think, contains lanolin. E-mail me off-list and
I'll
> send you her e-mail address. Maybe she can be persuaded into mass
> production!
>
> In a pinch, Chapstick works pretty well.......
>
> ---------
> Jim Lytthans
> Anaheim, CA
>

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