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Clarinet Maintenance : Cleaning & Oiling a Clarinet Bore

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Uploaded by on Sep 7, 2008

A clarinet bore can be cleaned with lemon oil or mineral oil but it is important to avoid vegetable oils. Learn more about cleaning and oiling a clarinet bore with tips from an instrument repair expert in this free clarinet maintenance video.

Expert: Amanda Cribb
Contact: www.myspace.com/modernmusicstore
Bio: Amanda Cribb graduated with an Associate's Degree in Band Instrument Repair from Western Iowa Tech. She has been repairing instruments at Modern Music in Wilmington, N.C. since 2001.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

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  • Lemon oil???? Are you serious? how about using bore oil, thats what its been designed for. And another thing. you didn't protect any of the pads when you put oil on the clarinet. Now the pads have oil on them which greatly reduces the life of the pad, because they soak up the oil and eventually will stop sealing the hole. To fix this place a small piece of paper between the pad and the hole.

    To everyone else, don't listen to this woman.... she has no idea.

  • mineral oil...on a clarinet!?!?

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  • You have to be kidding me!!

  • People! This woman is wrong but keep in mind that just because a bottle says "bore oil" doesn't mean you know what's in it! Many commercial "bore oils" have some amount of mineral oil in them, which is not as good for the wood. I've been told to use groundnut oil or sweet almond oil.

    And for god's sake use a SMALL amount and test it on the bell or the barrel before jamming a swab in like she does! It is better to under-oil and repeat than to over-oil.

  • SEASONALLY!!! REALLY!!!! Please if you are watching this video to learn how to do this... don't. I agree with the lower posts!!!!

  • Are you kidding me!!LEMON OIL!!!Why in the world would you put lemon oil through a clarinet????bore oil was made to preserve the wood better not make it smell good don't listen to her use bore oil and protect your pads while doing so.

  • I think you should remove all your videos. They are actually destructive !

  • so get bore oil and then use wat to get into the clarinet wat lady said to use get like bore oil then put it on that thing then clean it plz reply

  • sad... sad... sad.... i agree with you in the description says she is maintenance repair or whatever no she aint lol

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