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RE: Breaking in a Wood Clarinet

Author: paul
Date: 2000-04-20 19:18

Well folks, I think I may not have made too much of a mistake very lightly oiling my recent vintage Buffet premium pro grade horn every few months. The maximum amount of pure Vitamin E enriched sweet almond oid that I applied with Q tips and an old swab rag was never more than 5 drops, including "painting" the bore for a preferential water drainage path. I oiled the outside and the inside, being extremely careful to use just the slightest tip of the Qtip cotton stick-swab around the pads. I have since dropped the oiling routine, and from what information I can gather, the small amount of oiling poses no harm to my horn.

However, one thing I do miss is the extremely careful study of my horn from tip to toe to make sure everything is exactly perfect. Not that anything changed on my horn, but I felt it helped me "bond" with it. At least now I deeply understand my horn's mechanics and nuances of feel, response, solidness and delicateness at the same time.

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