Klarinet Archive - Posting 000946.txt from 1998/03

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Prepping for my first oil
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 22:53:00 -0500

on 3/15/98 11:25 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:

>If the oil only fills the surface pores of the wood as the above article
>suggests, would its effect therefore be more on tone quality than cracking
>behavior?

Bill, you don't say which article you refer to (Naylor or Bigio?). I'm
certainly no expert, either on wood qualities or physics. I believe it's
correct to say that a smoother surface would have some effect on the way
sound waves behave - what effect that might be, I couldn't say.

Naylor's article goes into some depth (no pun intended) about how the oil
affects the wood.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
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