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Re: Clarinet Service

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-02-11 03:06

Here is my explanation:

You put a very light coat down the bore and see what it looks like the next day. If there is still some oil left in the bore, then yes you are fine for oil in the wood. Just swab the excess and be done with it.

Now, if you have left wood untreated (where it will still gladly soak up oil, but you did not continue with more bore oil), what do you suppose will be soaked up into the wood in lieu of oil? Perhaps condensation from playing? If this sounds reasonable, would it not sound reasonable that the wood will be MORE reactive to water than oil? This to me, leaves the wood more susceptible to cracking from the stress of GREATER expansion and contraction.

Now we have gone over the anecdotal nature of the various stories of either abused clarinets that hold up like tanks or pampered clarinets that crack in the first few days of playing, but I'd like to stay on the safe side of that risk analysis if it is all the same to you guys.

...............Paul Aviles

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