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Addiction to Doctor's Products?

Author: AS
Date: 2008-04-11 21:00

When I bought a second hand Leblanc clarinet a while ago, the putting the horn together was a bit on the hard side. Not that much, but since I had no idea about the level of care by the previous owner I decided to take care myself.

So I ordered "Doctor Slick" and a small "Bore Doctor".

"Bore Doctor" worked wonders. When I bought the clarinet the bore looked greyish dull. It took over a month and about 3/4 of the small "Bore Doctor" bottle for the bore to shine nearly as new. Now it looks like the "Bore Doctor" can be put away for a while.

Different story about the "Doctor Slick" though. First result was fantastic. Assembling was easy but firm enough at the same time, alltogether making assembling just perfect. After few days or perhaps a week the cork seemed to have dried out even more than it was before the first greasing. Assembling became veeery tough, much tougher than before the first greasing. Greased again. In about a week the same thing happened again. Now I am greasing regularly every other week. Without greasing the cork becomes so dry that I am even afraid to damage tenons while assembling. Before the first greasing I used the clarinet for about two month without such symptoms.

I am not sure if my clarinet finds the "Doctor Slick" so delicious that it got addicted and can't live without it, or the corks must be replaced, or another possibility should be considered? Any ideas about a theraphy against the additction?

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