Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2017-06-16 15:49
Clarinets can leak through the wood. I've seen it many times. I do this by plugging up the holes, using a magnehelic and immersing the clarinet joint in water. Posts are the most common places a leak will occur, but I've seen leaks far from any post or tine hole.
That being said, the clarinet is probably not leaking through the wood, except perhaps a teeny bit though grain close to the the edge of the tone hole.
In your situation, I would test the body by itself, then assemble the clarinet testing after each pad is installed. the problem may not be a pad, it may be the edge of the tone hole. I seldom install a pad on a wooden clarinet without sealing the tone hole and filling in any checks in the edge.
I have polished bores with bees wax but it has not become part of my regular protocol. This is a light coating that probably would not prevent a significant leak.
Steve Ocone
Post Edited (2017-06-17 00:15)
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