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Re: Key lubrication (of sorts)

Author: The Doctor ★2017
Date: 2015-12-09 17:04

Disclaimer (I sell NASA spec. key oils in 3 weights)
Spraying anything lubricant on a clarinet is the wrong thing to do. Only a tiny drop of oil, such as coming from a needle tip oiler, should be used on points of articulation or apertures along a rod. If you do not have a needle tip oil dispenser a trick is to dip a toothpick horizontally in oil and invert it to vertical and a tiny drop will form a the tip which can be applied to the appropriate place.

It depends on the amount of playing and the fit of the parts on the clarinet but every couple months with minimal amounts of oil is appropriate. Many students, if they oil at all, will over oil and some oils will rot the wood at the posts if too much oil is used.

The NASA spec. key oils were designed for the vacuum of space and do not evaporate like petroleum based oils, they form molecular bonds to the metal, have antirust additives, and do not change viscosity with temperature.

L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com

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