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Re: Oiling

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-03-08 04:31

To answer David's queries I worked for many of the past 25 years with one of Europe's leading handmakers of Boehm system clarinets.
The wood used being African blackwood (grenadilla) containing it's own natural oils.

One major difference I suspect between our system and the mass makers was that the wood was carefully and naturally seasoned for many years before even taking the first cut.
Then after a rough profile and pilot bore put in many more years of seasoning were allowed.
Subsequent opearations were then made in very small increments over several more years with the wood being allowed to relax and stabilise between each operation before a final reamed bore was made.

My personal view on oiling, based on 60 years experience of variously owning/playing/making/repairing clarinets, is to use a regular oiling routine varying based on the age, history and usage of the instrument.

The proprieter's views, equally based on many years of performance and making clarinets, did not support regular oiling.

So, as history of posts on this board on this subject shows, it's horses for courses.

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