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Author: Annie
Date: 2003-02-21 05:19
Hi everyone. I have been reading older posts and a lot of you mention "the Doctor" who is that? What does he do? Thanks
-Annie
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-02-21 05:41
He dispenses "healthy" products for our clarinets.
Click on the sponsor link at the top of this page and look for Doctor's Products.
He does not make house calls...GBK
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2003-02-21 13:19
The Doctor's woodwind bore treatment and cork lubricants are simply the best you can buy. He did not pay me to say this.
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Author: Bryan
Date: 2003-02-21 13:40
The Doctor is Dr. Omar Henderson. He's a professional scientist who uses his knowledge for good, not evil (fighting the forces of entropy and decay, keeping our clarinets from harm).
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Author: Meighan Stoops
Date: 2003-02-21 14:12
I second David about the cork grease! The best I've used. $4 (where I get it) but absolutely worth it.
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-02-21 14:31
His bore treatment stopped water from clogging my C#/G# hole for weeks -- it runs right past the hole like rain off a waxed car.
I also bought his wood cleaner and woodwind wax. It really brought out the grain in my horns (in a good way). You should've seen my poor rag after I finished the first cleaning.
To the cork grease ravers above, do you use his synthetic cork grease or his standard elm bark grease? I bought several tubes of the standard stuff, and it's great, but it doesn't have the "little dab will last for weeks" longevity I'd heard about -- I'm still greasing 'er up pretty often.y
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Author: Peter
Date: 2003-02-21 17:49
Help! Help! My clarinet is in trouble and I don't know what to do!
Hey, look, up there (in GA, that is) it's a lab coat!
No, it's a scientist!
No, no, it's, (dare I say it?!) it's SuperDoc!
Fighting the forces of evil clarinet maintenance and bringing us a better understanding of the goodness and benefits inherent in taking better care of our instruments through his concoctions of natural products and excellent advise!
(I still have a medium bottle of his bore oil, a couple of half-used sticks of his cork grease and half a bottle of reed treatment stuff from the end of 2001. I found that a very little of the stuff he sells goes a very long way, which saves me money, as well as takes good care of my instruments.)
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Author: Carrie
Date: 2003-02-22 02:53
LOL@Peter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Author: Jim
Date: 2003-02-22 16:32
I just received an order from the Doctor today.....
As always, I found an extra surprise in the box. And this one had me laughing so hard that my wife thought something was wrong with me. It really was " a true wonder drug"
Thanks 'Doc', and rest assured that I will not give any to the accordion players.
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Author: Jim
Date: 2003-02-22 16:32
I just received an order from the Doctor today.....
As always, I found an extra surprise in the box. And this one had me laughing so hard that my wife thought something was wrong with me. It really was " a true wonder drug"
Thanks 'Doc', and rest assured that I will not give any to the accordion players, and will refill often.
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2003-02-23 21:44
I use the standard slippery elm/beeswax/olive oil cork grease. Yes, I grease almost every time I put the horn together. It is not a big expense and the stuff is harmless to skin & clothing etc and smells great. I would use it as aftershave, but I quit shaving.
I might add that when I used ordinary cork grase, I often had trouble tearing cork when I recorked a joint and assembled for the first time. The Dr's product is just enough slippery to keep this from happening.
Another good point: If you post a wood/oil/lubricant question to Klarinet, Dr Omar often provides an answer.
Finally, I compared Dr's key oil to Holton key oil in the harshest environment I know of -- the hinges of my glasses. I sweat a lot and wash my glasses with soap & water at least once a day. After a few months, the oil fails and the hinges start to bind. Dr's key oil keeps the hinges working more than twice as long as Holton's.
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