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Author: markrismik
Date: 2009-10-05 01:27
I am getting lots of water in my greenline. Should I (or can I) oil the bore of a greenline clarinet? Anyone ?
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2009-10-05 01:43
Oil will not be absorbed by Greenline material and if you use mineral oil bore oil you can be dissolving the resin.
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2009-10-05 09:08
"Oil will not be absorbed by Greenline material"
Well, it may not be absorbed, but just a light coating might change the path of the water to reduce water in the tone holes, right?
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Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2009-10-05 10:05
The oil might change the surface characteristics slightly - might work? But the oil, providing it was a plant derived oil, would be washed away or spread by the action of swabbing. A wax might be a better solution?
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-10-05 14:59
Best not oiling it at all, and maintain it in the same manner as you'd maintain a plastic clarinet as Greenline is a composite material.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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