Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2010-11-24 17:44
Here in Colorado, it gets so dry in winter the wood shrinks and the keys bind.
I used to use sweet almond oil but switched to Larry Naylor's custom organic bore oil 3 years ago.
Even using that a couple times a year, the wood shrinks. Then I take my oboes and english horn into the bathroom after a shower and give them a sauna...
Last year I started wiping down as much exterior wood as possible without removing all the keys, and think I will keep doing that a couple times s a year now on.
In dry weather, I also have tried making sure I put the oboe in its case when I am not using it, and place fresh orange peelings on a baggie inside the case keeping the orange acids off the keys.
I've had one Covey for 25 years and no cracks, the other Covey I got 2nd hand when it was hardly played but several years old. I broke it in using Paul Covey's method and no cracks, yet.
My former Loree I bought from Paul and broke it in his way, and no cracks.
When I asked Paul about the oil, he said he had soaked a block of grenadilla in oil for a few months, then cut through it to see how far the oil penetrated and it had barely penetrated the wood.
Post Edited (2010-11-25 04:11)
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