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My Buffet won't retain oil...

Author: Seamus Kirkpatrick
Date: 2002-06-21 00:16

Sorry this is long, but I thought most detail possible... thanks.

I own a Buffet Bb clarinet serial number 232321, which I believe places it around the age of twenty years old.

In the last few years I have had a problem with it not retaining oil. Regardless of how I oil it, (including for example oiling it over a period of a week to ensure that it has utterly enough oil), after an amount of playing (perhaps just a few hours) it completely dries out and turns a light brown/white colour in the barrel and upper joint.

I have previously used a commercially available bore oil on it and have lately (on the reccomendation of a repairman) changed to cold pressed almond oil applied with a goose feather which has slightly improved the situation, but not much. To stop the instrument discolouring alarmingly, it requires almost daily oiling.

There are two incidents in the past which may have contributed to this situation (both having occurred when I was younger and stupider).
I performed at an open air theatre production in the evenings for about a week, in extreme cold and humidity/fog.
I was once sold valve oil in a similar looking bottle to bore oil and didn't realise for a week, by which time I'd already used it once...

I've spoken to various repair people about it, and none of them have been able to recommend anything apart from oiling it lots and I have also noticed that the areas of the bore most affected are quite rough to the touch and not as smooth as the rest of the bore of the clarinet.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks
Seamus

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