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Re: Why oil the barrel of a clarinet?

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2019-11-01 02:27

Ref kdk's post, I don't think anywhere in my post that I actually made any correlation between oiling and cracking. I did however make a connection between the correct maintenance and the condition of the bores (and sockets and tenons equally).
I have seen socket and tenon end grain literally rotted and soft from failure to dry and oil the end grain.
My own pair of Leblanc LLs, bought new by me in 1960, still show the very fine lines left by the socket cutting tools nearly 60 years ago.
I base my comment on experience of working on well in excess of 1000 clarinets in my 25 years in the repair trade.
In fact I do believe that the biggest risk of cracking is caused by excessive temperature differentials of the inside and outside of the bores, applicable at any age but especially in the early months of an instruments life.

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