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Author: georgE11
Date: 2004-12-02 14:01
Hi all,
I've had my new wooden clarinet for about a month now, how soon should I apply bore and key oil?
And then, how often should I apply them?
Thanks!
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2004-12-02 14:08
I have my Buffet clarinet for about 3 years and I've never oiled it. My Eaton clariet (which I bought 2 months ago) came with clarinet care advice and they recommend NOT to oil the bore at all, only the keys when necessary.
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2004-12-02 14:46
Ask your retailer and do what they say. Then, if it cracks, you can complain to them.
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2004-12-02 15:43
The question of oiling is more of a religious debate than it is a cut-and-dried instruction. Here's one of many previous threads on the subject:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=89811&t=89777
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-12-02 16:00
george,
My clarinet has a very shiny bore. Over time it becomes less so, and that's my cue to oil it, usually about twice per year.
After 16 years with this clarinet, it seems to work for me.
To quote another BB member, "your mileage may vary".
Regards,
Hans
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-12-02 21:23
Hans, I think that's about as realistic a position as I've ever heard......or experienced. Still, I've had some guys tell me they never oiled their horn. And I had a friend once who told me he never changed the oil in his car.
Bob Draznik
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2004-12-02 23:26
(Disclaimer - I sell a plant derived bore oil)
Hans has a very good observation since each piece of timber is different in each clarinet and your environmental and playing conditions vary. Rather than a regular oiling regime (although you could develop one for your particular clarinet) I feel that the wood will tell you when it needs oil. I look, in my case at my particular clarinet, at the wood in the first joint directly below the barrel and see if it looks grey and dull rather than black and shiny, and look down the bore for the tell tale dullness described by Hans, at this point I will oil. As pointed out this is a personal decision for your own horn and some never oil their clarinets.
The Doctor
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-12-03 00:11
Bob & Doctor,
My second clarinet teacher never oiled his either and it didn't seem to hurt his clarinet - at least it sounded great, and I never looked in the bore.
After reading the paper about bore damage on Naylor's web site it would be difficult (for me, at least) not to believe in oiling.
The longer I read this BB, the more I am inclined to believe that the First Rule of Clarinets is: There Are No Rules, or something close to that, but some things seem intuitively obvious.
Regards,
Hans
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