Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 2007/10

From: Randolf Keller <randolfkeller@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Commercial aircraft Cargo Holds
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:11:40 -0400

>Commercial aircraft holds are not any colder than the passenger area.=0A=
=0A>They are climate controlled as is the rest of the aircraft.=0A>=0A=0AI =
wouldn't entirely rely on that,=0Abecause once I got my suitcase back just =
within about 15 minutes after leaving the airplane on a flight from Europe =
to Japan, =0Aand the insides where freezing cold (much colder than the outs=
ide temperature, it was late spring).=0AGood for the cheese I had in there,=
but I wouldn't like to see my clarinets in that condition.=0A=0A/Randolf=
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-------=0ADate: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:35:06 -0500=0ATo: <klarinet@-----.or=
g>=0AFrom: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>=0ASubject: RE: [kl] New Pro=
duct for Oiling Grenadilla Wood=0AMessage-ID: <001a01c817c4$421d6270$6401a8=
c0@shuttlex>=0A=0ACommercial aircraft holds are not any colder than the pas=
senger area.=0A=0AThey are climate controlled as is the rest of the aircraf=
t.=0A=0AForest Aten=0A=0A> -----Original Message-----=0A> From: George Huba=
[mailto:ghuba@-----.com]=0A> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 200=
7 4:08 PM=0A> To: klarinet@-----.org=0A> Subject: RE: [kl] New Product f=
or Oiling Grenadilla Wood=0A>=3D20=0A> Hi Omar,=0A>=3D20=0A> There is anoth=
er issue related to oiling that comes up from =3D=0Atime-to-time;=0A> some =
argue that over-oiling (and I am not sure exactly how=0A over-oiling =3D=0A=
is=0A> defined) itself can lead to softer wood and a greater probability of=
=0A> cracks.=0A>=3D20=0A> Have you come to any conclusions about what const=
itutes "over-oiling"=0A =3D=0Awith=0A> your earlier (Bore Doctor) and new G=
renad-oil products and what the=0A> relative=0A> likelihood of cracking is =
when using your two oils, almond oil, or =3D=0Amineral=0A> oil? From what h=
as been said about relative absorption of the =3D=0Adifferent=0A> oils, I a=
m assuming that one of the reasons you developed the new =3D=0Aproduct=0A> =
was to deal with potential problems of over-oiling and cracking, but=0A I =
=3D=0Ado=0A> not think that has been directly stated nor whether you have a=
ny data=0A =3D=0Athat=0A> would suggest that the new oil is more benign if =
an instrument is=0A> excessively oiled.=0A>=3D20=0A> One reason that I am r=
aising this over-oiling issue is that I think =3D=0Athat a=0A> lot of the o=
lder clarinets sold on eBay (judging from those I =3D=0Apurchase)=0A> are=
=0A> excessively oiled by (na=3DEFve) sellers trying to make the instrument=
=0A> photograph better for the Internet auction and who have no conception=
=0A =3D=0Athat=0A> one can over-oil a clarinet and thus potentially reduce =
its value. I=0A =3D=0Aonce=0A> received a valuable historical (Mazzeo) clar=
inet from a seller who =3D=0Asaid in=0A> a=0A> letter that accompanied the =
horn that he had decided that since he=0A was=0A> shipping the clarinet to =
me via FedEx (air) that he should douse the=0A =3D=0Awhole=0A> horn with ex=
tra oil (yours) in order to protect it from the cold in=0A an=0A> airplane =
cargo hold and yes, the instrument did arrive in a very =3D=0Agreasy=0A> co=
ndition with a lot more oil on it than could be easily absorbed.=0A The=0A>=
clarinet subsequently cracked (cold, excessive oil, prior abuse?) a =3D=0A=
few=0A> months later, although it fortunately could be fixed relatively=0A =
easily =3D=0Aand=0A> well and is a far superior playing horn to other Mazze=
o clarinets I =3D=0Aown=0A> that=0A> have no repaired cracks.=0A>=3D20=0A> =
n around =0Ahttp://mail.yahoo.com

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