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Author: Betty
Date: 2004-05-23 18:11
What type of schedule do you go about using when breaking in a new wooden clarinet? Does it makes a difference what type of wood it is?
What would happen if it was not broken in correctly? IS there one absolute 'correct' way?? Can wooden clarinets be used to play outdoors, such as the backyard or outdoor stadium for approx 4 hrs a week in summer?
I thank you for your time and consideration. Betty
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2004-05-23 20:39
In December 2003 I bought a new Leblanc Concerto. I was told to play it as for as long as I wanted, but to swab it every few minutes to stop it getting too wet until it was well broken-in. Also to oil it twice a week for the first few weeks, and twice a month thereafter (but this may well not apply to Buffet instruments, which are more heavily oiled at the factory).
I dry the instrument thoroughly after each playing; I swab it, then dry the joints and under each pad with kitchen roll.
This retailer (www.dawkes.co.uk) recommend their own-brand bore oil rather than linseed oil or whatever. (The cynics among you may say, yes of course they recommend their own brand, but in fact the price of the oil is so low compared to that of the instrument that I doubt they would recommend it if they did not genuinely believe it to be the best.)
So far as I know they don't have a US distributor for their oil, but it would not astonish me to learn that the oil sold by "The Doctor", a regular here, is a rather similar formulation.
Bear in mind that the southern England has a temperate climate without extremes of temperature or humidity. Also, houses here are rarely air-conditioned; having said which, my clarinet spends much of its time in an air-conditioned office.
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2004-05-23 22:38
David,
Do you know if "kitchen roll" is what we here in the US call paper towel?
If it's not, what is it?
Katrina
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Author: RAMman
Date: 2004-05-23 22:48
hehehehe
Yes, I can safely say that kitchen roll is paper towel!
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Author: icecoke12
Date: 2004-05-24 08:23
I asked my friend to help me buy some paper towel...
And she came back with a twelve pack toilet roll....
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Author: msloss
Date: 2004-05-24 13:15
Betty - two schools of thought. One says gently and systematically and the other says play it hard because if it is going to crack, no procedure is going to prevent it.
One thing for certain -- if you oil it, you void your crack warranty.
Regardless, be kind to your wood instrument. Outdoors, and particularly in the sun, is not a great place for your instrument to be. Even the evening with rapidly falling temperatures is problematic. You cannot regulate the instrument's exposure to changing temperature and humidity outside, which does increase the risk of unfortunate outcomes.
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2004-05-24 14:13
I suggest you ask the advice of the retailer from which you buy it. As I said above, I was told to oil it. If it cracks, at least I have some chance of recourse to them.
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