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Re: Is immersing clarinet body parts in water common practice?

Author: moma4faith
Date: 2023-11-05 05:06

My beloved Buffet clarinet was taken to a trusted music store for an "overhaul" of the pads, springs, and corks. I asked that nothing be done to the wood, because it was beautiful, with very tight pores. Years before, Morrie Backun looked at my clarinet and said it was one of the "good ones" from the 70's. Anywho, the overhaul happens, I go to pick up my clarinet, open the case, and the wood looked almost ashy. The pores looked open and grains of the wood were very visible. I immediately asked what they did to the wood and the tech said they "cavitated" the wood to clean it. I was aghast. I knew that brass instruments can have that done, but to have that done to my clarinet? Holy ####!. I had a fit and they tried to explain that they "soaked" the wood instead. Either way, they ruined the wood. Both inside and outside were changed by whatever they did.

I said all that to say I would never want my clarinet wood submerged.

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