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Re: fingerboard oil used as bore oil?

Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2023-03-09 01:10

I have both those oils as mine is a house with a lot of instruments and musicians.

I believe that the fretboard oil is a bit lighter than the bore oil , but other than that i couldn't tell you in what respects they differ as wood treatments . I imagine that fretboard oil has higher penetration but perhaps doesn't create as enduring a moisture barrier .

But like you I do tend to question how specialized some of the 'specialized' products they sell us really are . Tom Ridenour believes in pulling those short hinge rods on levers and trill keys that are prone to wearing and developing lateral play ,and lubricating them with grease ,because he says that clarinet oil is a light grade so it will flow into hinging points , but that that makes it too light an oil to offer good protection agains wear .
Another tech on YouTube whose name I forget, treats his newly fitted tenon corks with paraffin wax because he says that cork grease eventually attacks the cork to tenon glue joint ( Yamaha's tenon care advice seems to hint that this in fact true ).

So in using these specialized products in good faith ,we are not necessarily doing the best for our instrument . These products can have their shortcomings although you wouldn't guess that from their price.

Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853

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