Klarinet Archive - Posting 000092.txt from 2006/04

From: "Rommel John Miller" <rjmiller@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Oiling new clarinets
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:18:55 -0400

I was wondering, is it advisable to lightly oil with say Doctor's Products
"Bore Doctor" the bore of a relatively "young" clarinet in order to
"condition" it to such oilings and humidity controls?

Granted, the thing'll crack no matter what preventative measures are taken,
but out of the three R-13's I ended up exchanging with WWBW one of them, the
upper joint of which, was dry, or looked as dry as a bone.

This leads me to think that if oiling starts early, and regularly, say every
4 to 6 months and the humidity is kept around a comfortable 65% the wood
should have a chance, better than nothing being done to it, of not cracking.
It would seem logical.

But wood can and is most illogical and can crack when and where it pleases
and for its own reasons, and like I said, you can't really stop a crack if
one is destined in the wood's "DNA" make-up.

But keeping the wood moist and reasonably climate controlled should help,
shouldn't it?

The Paradoxes of wooden instruments abound.

Cheers,

Rommel John Miller
(Hebrew name: Raphael Jochanan ben Avraham Miller)
308 Dale Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21206
410-668-4784
410-967-8994 (cell)
rjmiller@-----.net

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