Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 2007/10

From: "Howard Shertzer" <shertzhg@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Product for Oiling Grenadilla Wood
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:47:44 -0400

How does one "clean", before oiling, the bore.

From: <eefer@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] New Product for Oiling Grenadilla Wood

I never oiled my clarinets until after I bought my Patricola rosewoods.
They have
to be oiled every month or so when being constantly played. At the
suggestion of
Morrie Backun I used pure, food-grade almond oil. After the first use on
the
Patricolas I, too, noticed that "vibrancy" and so, used it on my "68 Buffet
R13.
Just yesterday I cleaned and lightly oiled the inside of my 4-month-old
Lebanc
Symphonie clarinets and mouthpieces (wooden) after a brutal Puccini opera
run.
They sound AND feel better today.

I haven't tried the Grenad-oil. I'd be interested in knowing if the good
doctor
thinks almond oil is equal to the Grenad-oil in performance. It has no
taste, but
it does have a faint sweet smell, like almonds.

Nancy (I like clean instruments!)

Nancy Buckman
Orchestra AACC
Opera AACC
Baltimore Flute Choir
Central MD Recorder Society
eefer@-----.com

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