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Re: Oiling

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2016-03-02 12:22

Dear Paul,

My pleasure :-)

A side effect of keeping a clarinet well oiled is that it increases the buildup of dirt in the toneholes, which thus has to be cleaned more often.

I've also noticed a residue of a light, almost white powderlike substance appearing especially on the edges of toneholes where they meet the bore, as well as the edges of the bore itself at the ends of the joints and inside the barrel. Same phenomenon with both the mineral oil based Selmer bore oil, as the vegetable linseed oil. Seems to be some kind of leftover from the oil, but don't know what it is. It doesn't appear just by the oiling itself but when the oiled instrument has been played and exposed to moisture, and then left to dry.

Thinking more about the bleeding I'm quite sure it appears only when playing and when the instrument thus gets warm. The oil that has come out then stays on the outer surface when the instrument cools down, without being sucked in again :-)

Micke Isotalo

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