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Re: 1830's Boxwood clarinet help

Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2019-01-16 09:05

Thomas,

Thank you so much for the detailed response! The clarinet is soaking in a bucket of oil right now with all the keys stripped off. I've abandoned my initial attempts at cork pads and actually bought some leather yesterday, but i suspected it might not be dense enough. The golf gloves are an excellent tip, thanks.

None of the keys were binding and all of the pins move freely, luckily, and someone had creatively replaced one with a finishing nail, which works just fine. What would you recommend to clean the build up off the keys? There's garden variety linty gunk on the undersides and in the wooden slots.

For the mouthpiece, I've had a mouthpiece maker friend look at it and measure it. The cracks are staying at bay with a mixture of daily oiling and by storing it in a small container with fresh orange peels, so I'll get some orange oil too. As it happens, my fiancé works in 3D design and modelling and will have the opportunity next month to create a 3D scan of it and print it, so hopefully I can have a functional replica. Unfortunately the prairie climate I live in is about as bad as it gets for dryness and cracking.

Will report back in a week once it's finished soaking and I can try getting some pads on it.

Thanks again,
Anna

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