Author: modernicus
Date: 2019-11-11 21:07
In my own experience, I stopped playing for about ten years, then retrieved my clarinet from its case, only to discover the top joint upper bore, tenon, etc... looked like crap, all whitish brown, grain raised and looking open, etc... I had played this instrument continously for years that I had gotten brand new and never oiled the bore. It always looked fine. From about halfway down the top joint bore, everything else looked beautiful, brand new even, so I am hesitant to blame the storage conditions. The only thing I could figure is the oil was getting washed away by moisture, then the moisture was getting absorbed, so it looked OK, but then it sat and the moisture evaporated readily, leaving the aforementioned situation. Oiling has helped a little, but it still doesn't look like it used to. In my mind, the damage occurred when the original oil was washed away and not replaced, I just couldn't perceive it until I stopped playing for a while. My guess is this is why I see many people who play a lot continuously for years (pros) and don't oil say everything is fine. I wonder if one suddenly stopped playing those instruments and left them in a closet for a few decades, if the same thing that happened to me could be observed?
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