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1830's Boxwood clarinet help

Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2019-01-13 03:20

Hi everyone,

I've just acquired a Wood & Ivy 8 key instrument from Kijiji (the Canadian equivalent of Craigslist) and I'm trying to get it playable. It's not cracked, but is a bit warped, and all the keys move freely and some have pads (which seal to varying degrees...), and it has what appears to be the original mouthpiece. I have a few specific questions:

1. Mouthpiece- it's grenadilla, and was extremely dry with two closed cracks when I got it. After 3 days of regular oiling with almond oil, the cracks are unfortunately starting to open up slightly. Would there be any merit in soaking the mouthpiece in oil for a period of time?

2. Pads- there are no pad cups, just flat round discs to put the pads on, so regular pads obviously won't work. I made some cork pads from some sheet cork for the smaller tone holes, which seem to be sealing, but I just can't get the larger ones to work. Leather would be the clear choice, but I've never worked with leather pads before so I'm not sure what the profile typically looks like on them- would they be flat and thin enough, or is there another material I could consider? The tone holes themselves are countersunk and the raised ridge of wood for the pad is rounded and smooth.

Thanks for any ideas anyone might have!

Anna

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