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Author: Bill
Date: 2019-04-07 03:44
I've been fortunate to have some great people work on my clarinets, and the earliest was Steve Fowler of Pasadena, MD (others are Vytas Krass, John Butler, and Albert Alphin).
When I got my clarinets back from Steve, it was apparent he'd put some type of sealant around the larger tone holes. Anyone know what that was? Thanks.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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Author: donald
Date: 2019-04-07 05:34
No idea, but for years I owned a Yamaha YCL82-2 Custom clarinet that had a shiny smooth surface on the right hand tone holes and chimneys... This was apparently applied to ensure a good airtight seal in case the wood was too grainy. I was told this by the late Tom Wheeler (who worked for Yamaha USA) dn
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Author: Bill
Date: 2019-04-07 05:48
donald wrote:
a shiny smooth surface on the right hand tone holes
> and chimneys... This was apparently applied to ensure a good
> airtight seal in case the wood was too grainy.
Precisely. I wonder what that stuff was. Shellac?
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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Author: kdk
Date: 2019-04-07 09:30
Bill wrote:
> When I got my clarinets back from Steve, it was apparent he'd
> put some type of sealant around the larger tone holes. Anyone
> know what that was? Thanks.
>
You'd get the most accurate answer from Steve Fowler.
Karl
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2019-04-07 23:15
I use super glue to seal the wood, but I almost always remove the excess so they are no longer shiny. When I started in the business, I used dental wax but only on the rim of the tone hole to fill in imperfections.
Steve Ocone
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