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Re: Oiling Reeds?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-03-28 10:07

Newspaper ink was made from old engine oil and soot (not sure if that's still the case now), so hardly what you want to be covering your reeds with.

That's why in another age of upstairs/downstairs, servants ironed newspapers so it would reduce the amount of ink rub-off that would make the lord of the manor's delicate hands a bit grubby.

I once tried to seal an oboe reed with low viscosity superglue - it sealed the cane well, but the reed was like steel. I don't know if there is such a thing as resin impregnated natural cane clarinet or sax reeds (as opposed to reconstituted cane fibre/resin mix reeds).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes

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