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Re: almond oil as bore oil

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-19 10:03

The only thing not talked about is also oil the outside of the horn. Take the keys off of course. The reason is there is a very small chance that the inside bore can expand and not the outside. On very rare occasions the clarinet can crack. Very unlikely.

As for oils I haven't studied them too much, but oil such as olive oil will go bad. 2 or 3 month is about the length of time you should use olive oil for eating food. I'm not sure about other oils. Surely use rubber gloves when applying other forms of oil.

In normal climates I don't think you have to worry about this. I think it the rings on the bell and the rings on the joints of your horns start to wobble and fall off you may want to use the oil to prevent the wood from warping. Or use those Dampit things to add humidity to your horns. Do not put them inside the bores. Lay them next to your clarinets.

I just don't know for sure. Check the tuning before using any oil. If your horns are within range I'd probably just fix the rings that are falling off and forget about the oil. The oil WILL shrink the bores of your horns. Tuning may get messed up. Stuffy notes. All sorts of bad things can happen.

So this is the other side of looking at using bore oil.

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